Green Global
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SCREENING OF SESAME MUTANTS IN RESPECT OF MORPHOLOGICAL ATTRIBUTES AND YIELD (Pages : 1 - 4)

Mutants are the sources of variation and new varieties. Sesame, a crop with high oil content, has the potential capacity to combat nutritional deficiencies in developing countries. An experiment was conducted during March-May 2020 at BINA sub-station, Magura with ten sesame mutants along with a check variety Binatil-2 to screen the genotypes through morphological attributes and yield. The experiment was laid out following a randomized complete block design with three replications. Results revealed that the highest plant height was found in SM-3 followed by Binatil-2. SM-10 produced more number of branches followed by SM-5. The lowest number of branch was found in SM-9. Maximum capsule plant-1 was found in mutant SM-4 following SM-10, SM-2. The lowest number of capsule plant-1 was found in SM-6. SM-5 showed longer capsule size followed by SM-2. SM-1 produced the highest no. of seed capsule-1 followed by SM-7 and SM-2. Seed yield m-2 was higher in SM-9, SM-7 and SM-5 than Binatil-2. Five mutants (SM-1, SM-4, SM-5, SM-7 and SM-9) were selected and again evaluated in 2021 at BINA Sub-stations Ishurdi and Magura. Data on morphological attributes and yield attributes were recorded at harvest from 10 randomly selected plants in each plot and yield was taken from whole plot and converted into ton ha-1. Results revealed that almost all the studied parameters were significantly different among the genotypes. The highest seed yield was found in SM-9.Download