MUTAGENIC EFFICIENCY AND RESISTANCE OF MUTANTS AGAINST CITY WASTE WATER IN MUNG BEANASHA RANIAbstract For the experiment two varieties of mung bean viz NM-1(Narendra mung -1) and PTM-2 (Pantnagar mung-2) were obtained from the Seed Department of Pantnagar University, Pantnagar for mutagenic experiment. The effluent of city waste water is obtained from the outlet of B.D.A. colony nalah near Gulab Rai Inter College. Different concentration of city waste water (80%, 90% and 100%) were prepared with tap water. These seeds were irrigated with different concentration of city waste water and distilled water(control) at the interval of 3 days. City waste water was found toxic to mung bean on different growth parameters in M1 generation. The seeds from each M1 plant collected on the individual plant basis from treated population and were sown in separate singly row design to raise M2 generation. Some of the true breeding mutants were selected from the mutagenically treated M2 population and has been tested against the heavy metals present in city waste water to evaluate protein content and yield. |