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Morphological and biochemical responses of Oryza sativa L. (cultivar MR219) to ion beam irradiation.
Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. B - 1 Dec 2013
Ling Anna Pick Kiong, Ung Ying Chian, Hussein Sobri, Harun Abdul Rahim, Tanaka Atsushi, Yoshihiro Hase
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OBJECTIVE: Heavy ion beam, which has emerged as a new mutagen in the mutation breeding of crops and ornamental plants, is expected to result in the induction of novel mutations. This study investigates the morphological and biochemical responses of Oryza sativa toward different doses of carbon ion beam irradiation. METHODS: In this study, the dry seeds of O. sativa were irradiated at 0, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, and...
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