Suprasanna P, SJ Mirajkar, SG Bhagwat (2015) Induced mutations and crop improvement. Bahadur INB et al. (eds.), Plant biology and biotechnology: Volume I: plant diversity, 593 Organization, Function and Improvement, doi:10.1007/978-81-322-2286- 6$423, pp 593-617Suprasanna, P., ...
The space-induced mutations and their applications to crop improvement are comprehensively reviewed. Space provides a special environment with supervacu-um, microgravity and strong cosmic radiation. Experimental data showed that space environment conditions may affect plant growth and development as well as...
Genetic variation is necessary for crop improvement. Induced mutations are a highly effective way of enhancing natural genetic resources and have successfully been used to develop improved cultivars among both seed and vegetatively propagated crops. So far, among more than 2300 officially ...
The historical antecedents, theoretical and practical considerations, and the successes of induced mutations in crop improvement are reviewed along with how induced mutagenesis underpins plant functional genomics. The roles of cell and molecular biology techniques in enhancing the efficiencies for the ...
The techniques for production and for selection of mutants demand improvement and refinement. Hitherto interest has been mainly concentrated upon easily recognizable morphological mutations. Attention, however, should also be drawn more towards the smaller, quantitative, physiological, chemical mutations. ...
A change in the genes or chromosomes of an organism. Mutations occurring in the reproductive cells, such as an egg or sperm, can be passed from one generation to the next. Most mutations have harmful effects, but some can increase an organism's ability to survive. A mutation that benefits...
and successful stories of mutation breeding in China have proved that it is an effective approach to crop improvement as well as an important supplement to conventional breeding.Induced mutants are not GMOs,as the mutant genes have been changed from their own existed genes.New development of ...
Methodology/Principal Findings To investigate further the role of translation initiation factors in virus resistance we set up a TILLING platform in tomato, cloned genes encoding for translation initiation factors eIF4E and eIF4G and screened for induced mutations that lead to virus resistance. A ...
duration of EMS exposure. LD 50 value was used as an indicator in deciding the dose rate that causes maximum beneficial mutations with minimum lethality. Generation of mutant population To mutagenize the seeds, 1.5% v/v EMS was applied for 4 h. The mutagenized seeds were transferred to 72-...
Induced mutations for elevated oleic acid and reduced linolenic acid content in soybean seeds. (Special Issue: Induced mutagenesis in crop plants.) The high linolenic acid content (7-9%) is associated with poor flavor of soybean oil. Soybean oil with less than 2% linolenic acid would be desira...