The improvement of TAEK-SAGEL chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) mutant variety in Turkey
- 1. Turkish Atomic Energy Authority, Saraykoy Nuclear Research and Training Center, Ankara (Turkey)
Description
Chickpea is an important food legume in Turkey. Turkey is one of the most important gene centers in the world for legumes. The most widely known characteristic of chickpea is that it is an important vegetable protein source used in human and animal nutrition. However, the dry grains of chickpea, has 2-3 times more protein than our traditional food of wheat. In addition, because of it's high carbohydrate content, it is also energy source. It is very rich some vitamin and minerals basis. In the plant breeding, mutation induction has become an effective way of supplementing existing germplasm and improving cultivars. Many successful examples of mutation induction have proved that mutation breeding is an effective and important approach to food legume improvement. The induced mutation technique in chickpea has proved successful and good results have been attained. Realizing the potential of induced mutations, a mutation breeding programme was initiated at the Nuclear Agriculture Section of the Saraykoey Nuclear Research and Training Center in 1994. The purpose of the study was to obtain high yielding chickpea varieties with large seeds, good cooking quality and high protein content. Seeds of the Ak-71114 and Akcin chickpea varieties were irradiated with 0 (control), 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350 ve 400 Gy of gamma rays by using60Cosource. One thousand seeds for per treatment were sown in the field for the M1. At maturity, 3500 single plants were harvested and 20 seeds taken from each M1 plant and planted in the following season. During plant growth, mutants of the desired traits (earliness, yield per plant, first pot height and Ascochyta blight (Ascochyta rabie) resistance) were identified an isolated. 2520 desirable M2 mutants were selected and grown in progeny rows as the M3 generation. The protein content was analyzed for the M3-M4 seeds. In M5 generation, preliminary yield trials had been conducted and based on field observations, quality criteria (grain size, grain type, cooking, protein) analyses, 12 mutant lines were selected. The mutants and their controls were evaluated at two locations Saraykoey (SANAEM) and Haymana (TARM ) for 2 years (M7, M8 ) for yield trials using randomized complete block design (RCBD) with 3 replications. All the yield, grain size, grain type, first pot height, Ascochyta blight (Ascochyta rabie), cooking and protein content data were analysed statistically. After these experiments, 2 mutant promising lines were chosen and given for official registration to the Seed Registration and Certification Center. These 2 promising lines were tested for 2 years ( 2004, 2005 ) at five different locations. TAEK-SAGEL mutant chickpea variety had been tested in 2004-2005 for it's earliness (95-100 day) with higher yield capacity (180-220 kg/da ), higher seed protein (22-25%), higher first pot height (20-25 cm), 100 seeds weight (42-48), cooking time (35 - 40 min), Ascochyta blight (Ascochyta rabie) resistance and quality than in the control. After 2 years of registration experiments one of outstanding mutants were officially released as mutant chickpea varieties under the names TAEK-SAGEL in 2006. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Title
- International symposium on induced mutations in plants (ISIM). Book of abstracts
- Imprint Pagination
- 207 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 137
- Report number
- IAEA-CN--167
Conference
- Title
- International symposium on induced mutations in plants (ISIM)
- Dates
- 12-15 Aug 2008
- Place
- Vienna (Austria)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 40010161
- Subject category
- S60: APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Quality check status
- Yes
- Descriptors DEI
- AGRICULTURE; CARBOHYDRATES; GRAIN SIZE; HEIGHT; MUTATIONS; PLANT BREEDING; PRODUCTIVITY; PROTEINS; RADIATION INDUCED MUTANTS; SEEDS; VEGETABLES; WHEAT;
- Descriptors DEC
- CEREALS; DIMENSIONS; FOOD; GRAMINEAE; LILIOPSIDA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MICROSTRUCTURE; MUTANTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLANTS; SIZE;
Optional Information
- Lead record
- ba7va-xxw52
- Secondary number(s)
- IAEA-CN--167-208