Effect of Acute Gamma Irradiation on Curcuma alismatifolia Varieties and Detection of DNA Polymorphism through SSR Marker

Table 8

Effect of acute gamma rays on rhizome characteristics of C. alismatifolia in M₁V₁ generation.

Dose (Gray)	Rhizome size	No. of new rhizomes	No. of storage root
CMR
0	2.3±0.2^a	2.6±0.55^a	4.6±0.54^a
10	1.8±0.05^a	1.2±0.44^b	4.0±0.7^a
20	0.8±0.7^b	0.6±0.54^b	1.4±1.3^b
DT
0	2.2±0.1^a	3.0±0.0^a	7.2±1.09^a
10	1.8±0.07^b	1.4±0.54^b	4.6±1.3^b
20	1.6±0.05^b	1.0±0.0^b	2.8±1.3^c
SP
0	2.2±0.2^a	2.4±0.54^a	7.8±2.1^a
10	1.7±0.07^b	1.0±0.0^b	4.8±0.44^b
20	1.2±0.2^c	1.0±0.0^b	2.8±0.83^b
KP
0	2.1±0.05^a	1.0±0.0^a	4.0±0.0^a
10	1.6±0.1^ab	1.0±0.0^a	2.8±0.44^b
20	1.1±0.6^b	1.0±0.0^a	2.2±0.83^b
CV (%)	18	23	26

Means with the same or common letter are not significantly different; least square difference test, 𝑃<0.05.