Breeding mutations

Jain SK (1986) Domestication of Limnanthes (Meadowfoam) as a new oil crop. In Plant domestication induced mutation Proceedings of an advisory group meeting on the possible use of mutation breeding for rapid domestication of new crop plants, 121-134... 

The economic scale of the application of radiation in the field of agriculture in Japan was estimated from public documents to be about 964 million in 1997. The economic scale survey in food irradiation and mutation breeding was extended to the United States for a direct comparison to the situation in Japan. The maximum estimation amounted to 3.2 billion for food irradiation and 11.2 billion for mutation breeding. The economic scale for products in selected agricultural fields was 14.5 billion for the United States and about 0.8 billion for Japan, implying that the former is larger in magnitude by a factor of about 18 [5]. 

What is mutation breeding asks Matt. Have I eaten a mutant ... 

Matt is surprised, Even though the NAS reported that the mutation breeding process is more likely than genetic engineering to lead to unexpected consequences, mutant food can still be certified organic ... 

Mutation breeding Seeds are put in a highly carcinogenic solution or treated with radiation to induce random changes in the DNA. After germination, surviving seedlings that have new and useful traits are then used by breeders. 

Coppola, R, Mutants obtained after gamma radiation of Jerusalem artichoke cv. Violet de Rennes (Helianthus tuberosus L.), Mutation Breeding Newsl., 28, 9-10, 1986. 

Selective hydrogenation to lower the concentrations of linolenate or linolenate and linoleate has been practiced to improve the oxidative stability of soybean oil. The linolenate concentration of soybean oil also can be altered by mutation breeding and genetic engineering (296). 

Increased yields the yield of many crop varieties has been increased manifold after mutation breeding using nuclear techniques. 

Robbelen, G. (1990) Mutation breeding for quality improvement—a case study for oil seed crops. Mutation Breeding Rev., No. 6., Joint FAO/IAEA division of nuclear techniques in food and agriculture, pp. 1—44. 

Heinz, D.J. In Mutation breeding of vegetatively propagated perennial crops GAO/AEP Vienna, 1972, pp. 53-59. 

Table 3.3 Objectives of mutation breeding of plants for modified fatty acid and composition of oils...

Table 4.3 Fatty acid compositions of some oils that have been altered by selection or mutation breeding... 

Ion implantation has been used for mutation breeding to achieve higher yield rates, disease resistance, faster growth, higher quafrty, e.g. of rice, wheat or cotton, and other crops, microorganisms for production of antibiotics, bacteria, and mushrooms. It has proved to be a valuable method because of a lower damage rate induced, higher mutation rate, and wider mutational spectrum produced. 

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