Spikelet Sterility Studies on Induced Mutant Populations of Cluster Bean [Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub.]

Abstract

cluster bean and contributes 75-82% of the total cluster bean production in the world. In South India it is being cultivated for vegetable purpose. The pods grown in clusters give the common name cluster bean. It is an important and potential vegetable cum industrial crop grown for its tender pods for vegetable purpose and also for endospermic gum, which ranges between 30-35 per cent (Tawar et al., 1988).