RADIAnON INDUCED VARIABILITY IN GLADIOLI

Abstract

Sexual breeding in gladiolus requires considerable time for evolving a good variety because seed takes about three seasons to come into blooming, and further many years for multiplying the stock, therefore, the present study for inducing variability and evolving a variety through mutation breeding which offers a comparatively shorter duration was taken up in 1990. Mutation breeding may also provide unusual strains of curiosity [1] which is normally difficult through conventional breeding methods.