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In vitro adventitious bud techniques for vegetative propagation and mutation breeding of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). II. Significance for mutation breeding

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It was investigated what potentialities for mutation breeding of potato are offered by using adventitious sprouts that arise in vitro from leaf explants (rachis, petiole, leaflet-disc) after X-irradiation. Mutation frequency and chimerism were studied in subterranean and aerial parts in three vegetative generations (vM1, vM2, vM3). Plants obtained from irradiated series produced a very high mutation frequency, a wide mutation spectrum and a very low rate of chimerism. Mutations were observed also in control series, especially in plants derived from the rachis and petiole explant group.

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  1. Department of Plant Breeding (IvP), Agricultural University, Wageningen, the Netherlands

    A. M. van Harten & H. Bouter

  2. Foundation ITAL, Wageningen, the Netherlands

    C. Broertjes

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van Harten, A.M., Bouter, H. & Broertjes, C. In vitro adventitious bud techniques for vegetative propagation and mutation breeding of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). II. Significance for mutation breeding. Euphytica 30, 1–8 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00033653

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