Manual on MUTATION BREEDING THIRD EDITION

Manual on MUTATION BREEDING THIRD EDITION PDF

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2018-10-09

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 9251305269

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This paper provides guidelines for new high-throughput screening methods – both phenotypic and genotypic – to enable the detection of rare mutant traits, and reviews techniques for increasing the efficiency of crop mutation breeding.

Manual on Mutation Breeding

Manual on Mutation Breeding PDF

Author: Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Atomic Energy in Food and Agriculture

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Published: 1977

Total Pages: 66

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Mutations in plant-breeding programmes; Mutagenic radiation; Chemical mutagens; other causes of mutations; Mutagen effects in the first generation after seed treatment; Types of mutations; Induced-mutation techniques in breeding seed-propagated species; Induced-mutant techniques in breeding asexually propagated; Plant characters to be improved by mutation breeding; Utilization of mutagen effects for solving particular plant-breeding problems; Experience with induced mutations in cross-breeding; Somatic cell genetics and induced mutations; When to use mutations in plant breeding.