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• TITLE: Gamma Irradiation Enhanced Leaf Bioactive Components and Bioassay Parameters in M5 Mulberry (Morus Sp.) Mutant

  AUTHORS: Hyadalu Lingappa Ramesh, Lingenahalli Hosallappa Shivashankarappa, Veerapura Narayanappa Yoganandamurthy

  KEYWORDS: Bioassay, Cocoon, Commercial Characters, Gamma Rays, Genotype, Irradiation, Mulberry, M5, Phytochemical

  JOURNAL NAME: American Journal of Plant Sciences, Vol.12 No.12, December 29, 2021

  ABSTRACT: Gamma radiation is an effective tool for inducing genetic variation in plant characters. In the present experiment, M5 mulberry variety juvenile twigs were subjected to source Co60 gamma irradiation (1 kR - 10 kR) and mutants grown in triplicates in randomized block design to raise M1 and M2 generation. In M2 generation plants were subjected to phytochemical and bioassay tests. Silkworm rearing parameters and commercial characters of cocoons were recorded by feeding cross breed silkworms. Results show that M5 mutant leaves revealed significant variations in phytochemical constituents and moisture content. Bioassay tests recorded significant differences compared to control in M2 generation. Commercial characters like cocoon weight (1.41 g), shell weight (0.24 g), shell percentage (16.29 %), filament length (821.00 mts), renditta (8.2), denier (2.24) and effective rate of rearing (92.14 %) were increased. It is concluded that, gamma rays treatment enhances the mulberry plants leaf bioactive components, silkworm rearing and cocoon parameters and shows beneficial variants in M2 generation.