Zafir Ahmad Naik

Induced Mutagenesis in Tomato: Comparative Morphological and Yield Evaluation of EMS-Derived Mutants for Genetic Variability and Superior Genotypes

Shafqat Mehraj, Zafir Ahmad Naik, Saba Mir, Madeeha Naik, Maqsooda Perveen, Shivani, Tasmeen J. Parihar, Khursheed Hussain, Aijaz Malik, F. A. Lone, M. Ashraf Bhat, Masood Saleem Mir, Sumati Narayan, Zahoor A. Dar, J. A. Mugloo & Khalid Zaffar Masoodi · Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology · 2026

Crop improvement requires genetic variability, and induced mutagenesis provides an efficient approach for producing new variation. In this study, the genetic diversity of 24 tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) genotypes comprising 21 induced mutants, one parent genotype, and two sta...