VEGETATIVE IMPROVEMENT OF THREE NIGERIAN SESAME VARIETIES AFTER FNI TREATMENT

The effects of Fast Neutron Irradiation (FNI) from an Americium Beryllium source with a flux of 1.5 × 104 n cm-2 s-1 on select vegetative parameters of three Nigerian sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) varieties were investigated. Seeds of Kenana-4 , Ex-Sudan and E-8 were irradiated with 4, 8, 12 and 16 µS...

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Main Authors: Olamide Ahmed FALUSI, Muhammad Liman MUHAMMAD, Jaime A. TEIXEIRA DA SILVA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi 2015-12-01
Series:Journal of Plant Development
Subjects:
FNI
Online Access:http://www.plant-journal.uaic.ro/docs/2015/8.pdf