Scientific & Technical Publications
Physical Mapping Technologies for the Identification and Characterization of Mutated Genes to Crop Quality
IAEA TECDOC 1664
Subject Classification: 0203-Mutation plant breeding
IAEA-TECDOC-1664
(ISBN:978-92-0-119610-1)
18.00 Euro;
Language: English
Date Published: 2011
DESCRIPTION
The improvement of quality traits in food and industrial crops is one of the most important goals in plant breeding. Improved crop quality is considered to be of great economical value for both developed and developing countries. This publication talks about mutation induction as a highly efficient means to alter the genetic constitution of a crop and thereby enhancing the development of new crop varieties. It summarizes the results of an IAEA coordinated research project, which employed physical and molecular mapping techniques in characterizing and developing advanced mutant lines of various crops, such as cotton with improved fibre quality, rice with novel starch content, oil seed rape with high Oleic acid content, and pepper and tomato with high beta carotene content.
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