Mutagenic Effectiveness and Efficiency of Gamma Rays and EMS in Phaseolus vulgaris L

The pulses are belongs to the family Fabaceae which is also known as food legumes. Pulses are second important group of the crops after cereals. Pulses are the most important crops of Indian Agriculture. The member of Fabaceae family includes the economically important legume like pulses, oil seed, forage and fodder crops and also shrubs and tropical or subtropical trees. These pulses are chickpea, pigeon pea, lentil, mungbean, urdbean, field pea, grass pea, French bean, common bean and horse gram. The split grains of these pulses are known as dal which is excellent source of high quality of proteins, amino acids, fatty acids, fibers, minerals and vitamins. The pulses are rich in plant proteins and cereals are rich in carbohydrates, which are an excellent combination for a balanced human diet. Legumes are more superior to cereals International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 5 Number 10 (2016) pp. 544-554 Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com