Table 4. Performance of mutants derived from ethyl methane sulphonate (EMS) and sodium azide (SA) and their controls for various traits in wheat. Plants were grown during the 1998-99 crop season.
 Material  Parent  Mutagen  Mutagen concentration  Plant height (cm)  Number of tillers/plant  Openness of flower  Spike length (cm)  Number of grains/spike  100-seed weight (g)  Yield/plant (g)  Grain shining  Spike position  Lodging
 Controls
 HP1633        96.89  9.56  3.17  11.38  45.68  3.56  15.43  Normal  Semidrooping  Susceptible
 HP1731        90.01  10.22  2.83  12.10  53.19  3.57  18.46  Normal  Semierect  Susceptible
 K9006        108.26  9.28  3.37  13.78  55.32  4.03  19.24  Normal  Semierect  Susceptible
 K9107        108.74  9.37  3.10  12.86  52.42  4.69  21.71  Normal  Erect  Reisitant
 Mutants
 WM1  HP1633  SA  0.5 mm  97.23  9.39  5.47  11.56  51.68  4.63  18.45  Normal  Semidrooping  Susceptible
 WM2  HP1731  EMS  0.01 m  91.56  9.87  3.13  12.32  54.35  3.74  20.42  Shiny  Semierect  Susceptible
 WM3  HP1731  SA  2.0 mm  75.27  10.25  3.03  12.10  53.47  3.01  16.62  Normal  Semierect  Susceptible
 WM4  K9006  EMS  0.01 m  104.26  9.81  3.17  15.27  55.40  4.63  22.18  Shiny  Semierect  Susceptible
 WM5  K9006  EMS  0.02 m  105.07  15.40  3.53  15.11  55.65  3.95  20.99  Shiny  Semierect  Resistant
 WM6  K9006  SA  1.5 mm  105.45  9.54  3.63  16.37  55.47  3.75  19.77  Normal  Erect  Susceptible
 WM7  K9107  EMS  0.03 m  107.64  9.54  3.27  12.43  53.62  4.93  23.81  Shiny  Erect  Resistant
 WM8  K9107  SA  1.0 mm  76.60  9.63  3.47  11.13  52.91  3.62  18.33  Normal  Erect  Resistant
 WM9  K9107  SA  1.5 mm  79.78  14.33  3.37  10.46  55.98  2.83  22.01  Normal  Erect  Resistant
 S.E. ±        0.65  0.14  0.05  0.06  0.14  0.03  0.20      
 C.D. 5 %        1.34  0.28  0.10  0.12  0.29  0.06  0.41