Rice (Oryza sativa L.) inflorescence (panicle) architecture is an important agronomic trait for rice breeding. A number of high-yielding japonica rice strains, characterized by an erect panicle (EP) of their architecture, have been released as commercial varieties in China. But no EP-type indica varieties are released so far. Here, we identified two allelic erect-panicle mutants in indica rice,...

Wild peanut species are useful genetic resources for improving the levels of disease/pest resistance and for enhancing the quality of seed composition by interspecific hybridization. The variation in oil content and fatty acid composition of wild peanut species in the United States Department of Agriculture germplasm collection is unknown. Seeds available from 39 wild species (plus a cultivated...

OBJECTIVE Direct health care costs of obesity continue to grow throughout the world and research on obesity disease models are on the rise. The ob/ob mouse is a well-characterized model of obesity and associated risk factors. Successful breeding and backcrossing onto different backgrounds are essential to create knockout models. Ob/ob mice are sterile and heterozygotes must be identified by gen...

Sesame is a leading oilseed crop known for its quality edible oil and byproducts. Mutation breeding an effective means of creating new genetic variability as certain desirable traits like uniform maturity, non-shattering capsules etc., do not exist in nature..The present study aimed to isolate high yielding early mutants sesame on the basis relationship between governing yield earliness. Gamma-...

Amaranthus species are of underutilized orphan crops grown in tropical and sub-tropical regions the world. Benin’s most appreciated cruentus L. «local» cultivar is susceptible to saline stress. This study aimed create genotypes agronomically, at least, as good useful for further tolerance breeding using mutation breeding. The morphological diversity among 19 gamma-irradiated A. mutant lines (co...

Celosia cristata is one of the floricultural commodities which also beneficial as a medicinal plant. Mutation techniques can effectively increase morphological diversity and biochemical content C. cristata. Chronically induced mutation using ethyl methane sulfonate (EMS) was first applied to properties. This study proposes modifying induction technique that allows plant material be exposed muta...

Abstract Fresh-market tomato is one of the most important vegetables in United States (US), and novel, cost-effective labor solutions are an issue current fresh-market production. The shortened stem driven by brachytic ( br ) jointless pedicel jointless2 j2 two traits that would contribute to knowledge-based breeding; based on these traits, appropriate plant architecture can be designed for gro...

Vegetatively propagated crops like Jasminum auriculatum have a constraint in genetic variation due to narrow base that restricts the insights any crop breeding programme. Mutation is potential tool directs way create desirable effectively vegetatively crops. The optimum dose of mutagen one which produces maximum frequency mutation turn variation, with minimum killing. aim present paper unveils ...

Approximately 70% of wheat endosperm consists of starch, and variations in the quality and quantity of starch affect the processing characteristics of wheat flour. Amylose content in particular has a major effect on Asian noodle quality, and selection of wheat lines with slightly lower amylose levels is an important goal in Japanese wheat breeding programs. Accurately measuring amylose content ...