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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2019, Volume : 7, Issue : 4
First page : (366) Last page : (370)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.7733

Mutagenic Effect of Sodium Azide (NaN₃) on Seed Germination and Chlorophyll Content of Spinach oleracea 

Reema Srivastava*, Jagrati Agarwal, Mahima Pareek and Anugunja Verma
Department of Botany, Kanoria PG Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: reemasri.bhu@gmail.com
Received: 4.07.2019  |  Revised: 11.08.2019   |  Accepted: 17.08.2019  

 ABSTRACT

Chemical mutagenesis is an efficient tool used, to induce mutation for improving various characteristics in plants. In this study sodium azide with three concentrations (0.01- 0.03%) were used to analyse their effect on seed germination and chlorophyll content. It was noted that increase in the dose of sodium azide, germination percentage was decreased but total chlorophyll content was increased. The maximum chlorophyll content was observed under 0.03%. So, the effect of chemical mutagenesis is much more beneficial and it is effective for chlorophyll content. Hence this mutagen can be used for improving this character.

Keywords: Spinach, Mutagenesis, Sodium Azide, Chlorophyll content.

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Cite this article: Srivastava, R., Agarwal, J., Pareek, M., & Verma, A. (2019). Mutagenic Effect of Sodium Azide (NaN3) on Seed Germination and Chlorophyll Content of Spinach oleracea, Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. 7(4), 366-370. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.7733