Prospects and perspectives in mutation breeding.

Abstract excerpt

Induction of mutations, primarily a method of generating variation, can contribute to plant improvement when combined with selection, or recombination and selection, or with other methods of manipulating genetic variation. As a source of variability, induced mutations supplement naturally occurring variation. When specific mutants are selected following mutagenic treatments it is highly likely that a number of...

Topics

• Cells, Cultured
• Genetic Engineering
• Mutation
• Plants
• Recombination, Genetic
• Selection, Genetic