**3. Conclusion**

In conclusion GR and GR+EMS had induced sufficient genetic variability in horsegram cv. Dapoli Kulthi-1. The agronomically and nutritionally superior mutants will be the promising material for plant breeders in feature. Such cultivars will surve the purpose of protein malnutrition in vegetarian diets and will also economically benefit the resource poor farmers of rainfed area.

The high yielding mutants will play a major role to break the yield constraints in horsegram, as a result of this the farmers can be attracted towards the cultivation of this low input, nitrogen fixer legume crop and there by it will help to improve the economic status of farmers from rainfed, drought prone areas of Maharashtra States. The early mutants will be of \ great help to reduce the crop duration and thereby help to avoid droughts in late stage of crop. The mutants with low TI, phytate and phenols will be of revolutionary importance, as they will be free from all antinutritional factors.

The stabilization of desirable mutants, through multilocation trails is in progress on farmers' field at Karjat (Dist-Ahmednagar), Research farms of Dr. B.S.S.K.A.U., Dapoli (Dist-Ratnagiri) and at Department of Botany, University of Pune (MS). The efforts are also being made to release the most desirable mutants of horsegram, Dapoli Kulthi-1.
