OAR@ICRISATEvaluation of somaclones derived from in-vitro culture induced somatic tissues in pigeonpeaK BSaxenaauthorR VKumarauthorP LChintapalliauthorK KSharmaauthorNMallikarjunaauthorFifteen somaclonal variants developed from adventitious shootderived callus from the cotyledonary explants of pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.)Millsp.]var. ‘ICPL87’wereassessedacross two seasons for some agronomic and cooking quality characters. The mutant inbreds showed significant variation for days to maturity, plant height, seed size, seed colour and grain yield. Some of the somaclonal variants such as ‘ICPL 99073’, ‘ICPL 99072’ and ‘ICPL 99070’ were found promising and displayed significant positive changes for some important agronomic traits. Those include a change from small seed size and brown seed coat colour to more preferred large white seeds endowed with more seed yield. For grain yield, ‘ICPL 99073’ showed 25.3% yield advantage over the parent variety. The studies demonstrated the scope of genetic improvement in pigeonpea through deployment of somatic culture and exploitation of somaclonal variation.Pigeonpea2011Indian Society of Pulses Research and DevelopmentArticle

For work being deposited by its own author: In self-archiving this collection of files and associated bibliographic metadata, I grant OAR@ICRISAT the right to store them and to make them permanently available publicly for free on-line. I declare that this material is my own intellectual property and I understand that OAR@ICRISAT does not assume any responsibility if there is any breach of copyright in distributing these files or metadata. (All authors are urged to prominently assert their copyright on the title page of their work.)

For work being deposited by someone other than its author: I hereby declare that the collection of files and associated bibliographic metadata that I am archiving at OAR@ICRISAT) is in the public domain. If this is not the case, I accept full responsibility for any breach of copyright that distributing these files or metadata may entail.

Clicking on the deposit button indicates your agreement to these terms.