Improving of Mungbean Production Using Nuclear Techniques and Package of Technology with Mutation Induction and Tissue Culture

Volume 3 - Issue 3

Dheya P Yousif*

Received: February 14, 2020;   Published: February 21, 2020

DOI: 10.32474/CDVS.2020.03.000165

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Abstract

Mungbean (Vigna radiate L.) is an important short duration pulse legume crop considering major source of protein in staple diets and may compensate the lack of expensive animal protein. Furthermore, Mung beans fix their own nitrogen, so they normally don’t need nitrogen fertilizer. Planting of this crop encounters many constrains relating to the lack of successful breeding program, climatic environment and soil and water conditions such as drought and salinity. Local cultivar characteristics with low yield potential, limited genetic base and less tolerant to drought, salinity and diseases. However, mutation breeding program to this crop may be implemented to break the yield potential barriers, enhancing tolerant to environmental stresses and increasing the efficiency of biological nitrogen fixation which is mainly affected by many factors such as soil and water stresses and genetics of the strains fixing nitrogen.

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