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Influence of potassium cyanide on the azide mutagenesis in barley

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: The activity of potassium cyanide (KCN) alone or in combination with sodium azide (SA) on barley mutagenesis was studied in five different experiments. It was measured by frequencies of chlorophyll-deficient mutations per M1 spikes. The M1 plant sterility and lethality were also studied. In single treatments KCN showed no mutagenic activity, as well as a low level of injury in M1 plant sterility and lethality. On the other hand, SA treatments alone were highly effective for inducing both chlorophyll mutations and sterility, but at a low level of lethality. KCN in post- and simultaneous treatments combined with SA treatment has produced a marked reduction of the frequencies of SA-induced chlorophyll-deficient mutations and sterility. The decrease was much less when KCN was pretreatment. None of the combined treatments produced high levels of M1 plant lethality.

Source: Hereditas

DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1983.tb00603.x

Authors: A. R. PRINA, E. A. FAVRET

Institutions: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, National Agricultural Technology Institute

Language: English

Topic: Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies

Subfield: Plant Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Zero hunger

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,590