Abstract

Seeds of three varieties of tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) T106, T244 and T420 obtained from the Institute for Agricultural Research, A.B.U Zaria, were treated with Diethylsulphate (DES) at concentrations of 10, 15 and 30 mM with the aim of determining the effective concentration of the mutagen capable of inducing beneficial mutants in tomato. Highly significant differences (P Keywords: Diethylsulphate, chemical mutagens, mutagenesis, tomato, economic crops.

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