ISSN:
1439-0523
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
Notes:
Mutagenic effects of gamma rays and EMS using both single and combined dosages were examined in opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L.). For inducing both macro- and micro-mutations in the present study, combined mutagenic doses, especially 5 kR + 0.4 % EMS appeared to be greatly superior to all single doses of the two mutagens: gamma rays and EMS. The lowest dose of combined mutagen (5 kR + 0.2 % EMS) was about twenty times more effective than the most effective dose (15 kR) of gamma rays and twice as effective as the most effective concentration (0.4 %) of EMS. The combined dose 5 kR + 0.4 % EMS enhanced morphine content (%) to 0.98 as against 0.64 in the control. In accordance with earlier findings (GAUL 1964) the study revealed a correlation between induced macro- and micro-mutations.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0523.1993.tb00600.x
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