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. 2024 Jan 26;10(4):e25111.
doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e25111. eCollection 2024 Feb 29.

Genetic consequences of chronic gamma irradiation on agro morphological traits in chili under hydrogel enhance media

Aisha Hashim  1   2 , M Y Rafii  1   3 , Oladosu Yusuff  3 , Abdul Rahim Harun  4 , Shukor Juraimi  1   3 , Azizah Misran  1 , Samuel Chibuike Chukwu  3 , Fatai Arolu  3 , Asma Ilyani Kadar  1
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Genetic consequences of chronic gamma irradiation on agro morphological traits in chili under hydrogel enhance media

Aisha Hashim et al. Heliyon. .

Abstract

Induced mutation for the creation of desirable traits through chronic gamma irradiation provides an opportunity for the selection and development of new chili varieties. This study was conducted to assess the effects of different doses of chronic gamma irradiation on morpho-physiological traits in chili. Ten plants from each variety were exposed to different doses of chronic gamma irradiation for 277.02 h at three weeks after germination under gamma greenhouse facilities, with accumulative dose; 185.61Gy, 83.11Gy, 47.096Gy, 30.474Gy, 19.4Gy, 13.9Gy, 11.1Gy, 8.31Gy, 5.54Gy) and 2.77Gy respectively. Highly significant differences were observed among doses (Rings) of chronic gamma irradiation expressed in mean values for all investigated traits. Relatively moderate doses of chronic gamma irradiation represented by doses 47.096 Gy (Ring 4) and 19.40 Gy (Ring 6) resulted in significant stimulation for most of the studied characters. The highest heritability was recorded in days to flowering at 99.88 while the lowest was observed in fruit dry weight at 34.66 %. High genetic advance were recorded for most of the quantitative traits studied. In addition, a highly significant positive correlation was observed between total fruit per plant, total number of fruit per plant, plant height, fruit fresh weight, number of secondary branches, chlorophyll a, fruit dry weight, total chlorophyll content, stem diameter, fruit length and fruit girth. With increasing chronic gamma dose, mutagenic efficiency and efficacy generally increased. Induced variety of desirable features will considerably increase the chilli's amelioration through mutation breeding, leading to the development of improved varieties. The results of this research offer valuable information for the use of chronic gamma radiation in the mutations breeding of Capsicum annuum L., which will be advantageous for future breeding programs.

Keywords: Character association; Chili; Chronic irradiation; Mutation breeding; Quantitative traits.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Gamma Greenhouse dose mapping with coded regions of precise dosage exposures for chronic gamma irradiation.
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