Morphology and productivity response of Lens esculentus(Lentil) under the stress of Cadmium Chloride (CdCl )

Seeds of Lens esculentus(lentil) were treated with 0.1%, 0.25%, 0.5% & 1% concentration of CdCl before sowing and the resulting plants were considered as M generation. The seeds obtained from M generation under different treatments were further treated with the corresponding concentration of CdCl to obtain M generation. The germination percentage of seeds, number of branches per plant, plant height, number of pods per plant and weight of 100 seeds on the treatment of various concentrations of CdCl showed a decrease in both the generations but the losses incurred were recovered slightly in M generation. The plants ofM generation however showed a little gain over the control, particularly at the lowest concentration i.e. 0.1%. It suggests that the studied plant sp. is likely to overcome the deleterious effect of CdCl under constant exposure in the generations to come.