Mutagenic Effects of Sodium Azide on <I>Capsicum anuum</I> L.

  • Cecilie Longid

Abstract

Dry seeds from pure lines of three varieties of pepper (Capsicum anuum L.) were treated for 2 hours at 30ÉC with solutions of 0.12, 0.25, 0.50 and O.75 mM sodium azide in phosphate buffer at pH 3. Data in the M1 show a decrease in germination percentage, height at different stages of growth, number of leaves and seed set. Germination percentage and seed set were reduced significantly. Chlorophyll-deficient seedlings were observed in the M2. The most frequent chlorophyll mutations were the viridis type followed by chlorina, xantha and albina. Very few xantha and albina mutants were observed.
Published
2007-10-16
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