Steps in mutation Breeding


Steps in mutation Breeding
    • Objectives: Well defined clear cut objective
    • Selection of Varieties: Best variety available in the crops
    • Part of the plant : Seeds, pollen grains, vegetative Propagates
    • Doses of the mutagen: Dose which produce maximum frequency of mutation
    • LD-50- the dose at which 50% of the treated individuals are killed.
    • Seeds are presoaked in water to initiate the mutagen activity and exposed followed
    Chimera: A chimera is an individual with one genotype in some of its parts and another genotype in the others

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