Evaluation of vM2 generation in gladiolus (Gladiolus grandiflorus L.) for identification and isolation of promising mutants

The present investigation was carried out at Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, College of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur during 2017-18. The experiment was designed in Randomized Block Design with Factorial Concept using vM2 generation of three gladiolus cultivars viz. Candyman, American Beauty, Her Majesty irradiated previous year with four doses of gamma radiations 15 Gy, 30 Gy, 45 Gy, 60 Gy along with 0 Gy (control) to investigate the effect of gamma radiations.