Development of high protein groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) mutant through induced mutagenesis

Groundnut is used as a food crop for its oil, protein content and other valuable bioactive compounds. Inducedmutagenesis played an important role to generate genetic variability in this crop. Here we report the identificationof a high protein mutant from a mutagenized population of a rust resistant breeding line, TG 66. The mutant, TGM206 revealed a 19.8 per cent increment of seed protein content compared to its parent. Through protein analysis itwas found that the conarachin fraction was selectively increased in this mutant.