National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Thirty one mungbean (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek) genotypes were screened for drought tolerance under laboratory conditions in CRD using PEG 6000 at different concentrations of -0.3 MPa, -0.6MPa and -0.9MPa. The genotypes showed reduction in germination percentage and shoot length and increase in root length under water stress condition. Screening of genotypes based on single morphological parameter appears to be limiting due to inconsistency in growth responses of different seedling parts. However, vigour index is a stable character and can be considered as a useful tool to screen drought tolerant genotypes. Besides, non-parametric selection for yield and drought tolerance was scored based on the mean performance of each character. Based on vigour index and non-parametric selection, the genotype ML 267 was found to be drought tolerant with high yield.
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