APPLICATION OF MUTATION BREEDING METHODS IN THE IMPROVEMENT OF VEGETATIVELY PROPAGATED CROPS

By E. ALTIN

CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION 2 HISTORY OF MUTATION BREEDING 3 SPONTANEOUS AND INDUCED MUTATIONS 4 CLASSIFICATION OF MUTATIONS 5 PHYSICAL MUTAGENS AND THEIR MODE OF ACTION 6 CHEMICAL MUTAGENS AND THEIR MODE OF ACTION 7 DNA REPAIR MECHANISM 8 MUTAGENIC EFFECTS (M1 DAMAGE) 9 MUTAGENECITY TEST 10 DETECTION OF MUTATION 11 REQUIREMENTS OF MUTATION BREEDING 12 INDUCED MUTATION TECHNIQUES IN SEXUALLY – PROPAGATED CROPS (SEED) 13 APPLICATION OF MUTATION BREEDING IN SOME SEED – PROPAGATED CROPS 14 MUTATION BREEDING TECHNIQUES IN VEGETATIVELY – PROPAGATED CROPS 15 APPLIED RESEARCH WORK IN SOME VEGETATIVELY –PROPAGATED CROPS 16 AGRICULTURALLY–USEFUL MUTANTS 17 IN VITRO MUTATION BREEDING 18 MUTATIONS IN FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS AND MUTANT LIBRARIES 19 ACHIEVEMENTS OF MUTATION BREEDING 20 WORKING WITH MUTATION BREEDING REFERENCES