Principle and application of plant mutagenesis in crop improvement: a review

The first step in plant breeding is to identify suitable genotypes containing the desired genes among existing varieties, or to create one if it is not found in nature. In nature, variation occurs mainly as a result of mutations and without it, plant breeding would be impossible. In this context, th...

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Main Authors: Yusuff Oladosu, Mohd Y. Rafii, Norhani Abdullah, Ghazali Hussin, Asfaliza Ramli, Harun A. Rahim, Gous Miah, Magaji Usman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2016-01-01
Series:Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13102818.2015.1087333