Induction and evaluation of beneficial mutations in mungbean (Phaseolus aureus)

About 500 gamma-irradiated M1 lines or 500 M2 plants of MG50-10A were sceened for resistance to powdery mildew. None turned out to be resistant to the disease. Putative increased height mutants in MG50-10A were selected and tested. The results obtained so far are still ambiguous. At least one more retesting for the height character is needed. A non-scattering and long-podded multifoliata mungbean has been developed. It has very attractive and medium-size yellow seeds. The plants matured 2 to 14 days later than MG50-10A. These materials are the sixth generation of the cross between the EMS-induced multifoliata mungbean (parent plant was native yellow) and the green or original MG50-10A. It is however recommended to produce more M2 seeds using gamma irradiation and post-irradiation heat treatment of the seeds at 800C for at least three hours, produce more M2 seeds using the ethyl methane sulfonate, provide a final evaluation for the increased-height mutants of MG50-10A, increase the seeds of the new multifoliata mungbean variety while producing breeders seed, obtain the trifoliata version of this new multifoliata variety, work on other mungbean varieties such as the glabrous MGY17 or MGY18, work on induction of resistance to cercospora leaf spot