Table 2. The type and number of various mutants produced in M2 and M3 generations of the five soybean varieties using gamma rays.
| Mutant type | Varieties | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giza21 | Giza22 | Giza82 | Giza83 | Line117 | ||||||||
| M2 | M3 | M2 | M3 | M2 | M3 | M2 | M3 | M2 | M3 | M2 | M3 | |
| Dwarf | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 9 |
| Semi-dwarf | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| High number of pods | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 11 |
| High number of seeds | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 |
| Heavy seeds | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 |
| Height of the first pod | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 7 | 3 |
| Long stem | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | 4 | 2 |
| Small seeds | – | – | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 7 | 7 |
| Medium seeds | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Seed shape | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 18 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 10 | 89 | 60 |