This document discusses mutation breeding in plants. It begins by defining key terms like mutation, mutagen, and mutant. It then describes the history of mutation breeding, which began in the 1920s with experiments exposing plants to radiation. The document outlines different types of mutations and mutagens used, including physical mutagens like radiation and chemical mutagens. The breeding process is explained as inducing mutations, screening mutants for desirable traits, and releasing improved varieties. Advantages include developing new varieties quickly, while disadvantages include the unpredictability of mutations. The document concludes by listing achievements of mutation breeding programs in India.
Mutagenesis is the process by which the genetic information
of an organism is changed in a stable manner.
The term ‘mutation breeding’ has become popular as it
draws attention to deliberate efforts of breeders and
the specific techniques they have used in creating and
harnessing desired variation in developing elite breeding
lines and cultivated varieties.
Plant breeding methods of vegetatively propagated crops Roksana Aftab Ruhi
Vegetatively propagated crops are bred by intentionally crossing of closely or distantly related individual to produce new crop varieties or lines with desirable traits. Breeding of vegetative crops have successfully improved quality, yield, tolerance of crops to environmental pressure. Breeding helps in producing crops that are resistant to viruses, fungi and bacteria and helps in longer storage period for the harvested crop.
Mutagenesis is the process by which the genetic information
of an organism is changed in a stable manner.
The term ‘mutation breeding’ has become popular as it
draws attention to deliberate efforts of breeders and
the specific techniques they have used in creating and
harnessing desired variation in developing elite breeding
lines and cultivated varieties.
Plant breeding methods of vegetatively propagated crops Roksana Aftab Ruhi
Vegetatively propagated crops are bred by intentionally crossing of closely or distantly related individual to produce new crop varieties or lines with desirable traits. Breeding of vegetative crops have successfully improved quality, yield, tolerance of crops to environmental pressure. Breeding helps in producing crops that are resistant to viruses, fungi and bacteria and helps in longer storage period for the harvested crop.
Presentation entitled "Centres of origin- biodiversity and its significance" explains all the basics and some recent aspects regarding center of origins of some crops.
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Cotton, ‘King of fibre’ is the premier cash crop in India
It is cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions of more than 80 countries of the world.
Cotton belongs to family Malvaceae and genus Gossypium
India is the pioneer country for the cultivation of cotton hybrids on commercial scale. After releasing of Hy.4 developed by Dr.C.T.Patel from 1971 from Main Cotton Research Station, Surat.
Cotton is providing livelihood directly and indirectly to over 60 million people and accounting for about 16 per cent of India’s export earnings.
Play a vital role in agriculture, industry, social and monetary affairs of country’s economy. .
More than 150 cotton hybrids have been released by various State Agricultural Universities and private seed companies.
Presentation entitled "Centres of origin- biodiversity and its significance" explains all the basics and some recent aspects regarding center of origins of some crops.
Selfing and crossing techniques in crop plants and Breeders KitRajendragouda Patil
Studying about, Selfing and crossing techniques in crop plants and Breeders Kit,helps to students and researchers to select appropriate techniques for selfing and crossing in different crops.
Cotton, ‘King of fibre’ is the premier cash crop in India
It is cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions of more than 80 countries of the world.
Cotton belongs to family Malvaceae and genus Gossypium
India is the pioneer country for the cultivation of cotton hybrids on commercial scale. After releasing of Hy.4 developed by Dr.C.T.Patel from 1971 from Main Cotton Research Station, Surat.
Cotton is providing livelihood directly and indirectly to over 60 million people and accounting for about 16 per cent of India’s export earnings.
Play a vital role in agriculture, industry, social and monetary affairs of country’s economy. .
More than 150 cotton hybrids have been released by various State Agricultural Universities and private seed companies.
Gene mutations – introduction – definition – a brief history – terminology –
classification of mutations – characteristic features of mutations – spontaneous
mutations and induced mutations
Gene mutations – artificial induction of mutations – physical and chemical
mutagens – molecular basis of mutations – detection of sex-linked lethals in
Drosophila by CLB technique – detection of mutations in plants – the importance of
mutation in plant breeding programmes –
mutagen is a physical or chemical agent that permanently changes genetic material, usually DNA, in an organism and thus increases the frequency of mutations above the natural background level. As many mutations can cause cancer in animals, such mutagens can therefore be carcinogens, although not all necessarily are. All mutagens have characteristic mutational signatures with some chemicals becoming mutagenic through cellular processes.
The process of DNA becoming modified is called mutagenesis. Not all mutations are caused by mutagens: so-called "spontaneous mutations" occur due to spontaneous hydrolysis, errors in DNA replication, repair and recombination.
Discovery
The first mutagens to be identified were carcinogens, substances that were shown to be linked to cancer. Tumors were described more than 2,000 years before the discovery of chromosomes and DNA; in 500 B.C., the Greek physician Hippocrates named tumors resembling a crab karkinos (from which the word "cancer" is derived via Latin), meaning crab.[1] In 1567, Swiss physician Paracelsus suggested that an unidentified substance in mined ore (identified as radon gas in modern times) caused a wasting disease in miners,[2] and in England, in 1761, John Hill made the first direct link of cancer to chemical substances by noting that excessive use of snuff may cause nasal cancer.[3] In 1775, Sir Percivall Pott wrote a paper on the high incidence of scrotal cancer in chimney sweeps, and suggested chimney soot as the cause of scrotal cancer.[4] In 1915, Yamagawa and Ichikawa showed that repeated application of coal tar to rabbit's ears produced malignant cancer.[5] Subsequently, in the 1930s the carcinogen component in coal tar was identified as a polyaromatic hydrocarbon (PAH), benzo[a]pyrene.
Polyaromatic hydrocarbons are also present in soot, which was suggested to be a causative agent of cancer over 150 years earlier.
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2. Introduction
• The word mutation is derived from Latin word
“mutatus” meaning “changed”
• In biology, a mutation is the permanent alteration of
the nucleotide sequence of the genome of an
organism, virus or extra-chromosomal DNA or other
genetic element.
• Refers to sudden heritable change in the phenotype
of an individual.
• Mutation breeding: referred to as variation breeding
is the process of exposing plants or seeds to chemical
or radiation in order to generate mutants with
desirable traits to be bred with other cultivars (plant
varieties)
• Plants/seeds created using mutagenesis are called
mutagenic plants or mutagenic seeds.
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5. • Mutant: A mutant is an organism or a new genetic
characters arising or resulting from mutation which
is an alteration of the DNA sequence of a gene or
chromosome of an organism.
• From 1930 to 2014 more than 3200 mutagenic
plant varieties were released & still counting.
• From direct mutation 70% and from their progeny
30%
• Natural occurrence of genetic mutation is integral
to the process of evolution
• Mutation occurs in two ways :
(1) By alteration in nuclear DNA (point mutations)
(2) By change in cytoplasmic DNA (cytoplasmic
mutation)
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7. History
• 1927 – First proof of induced mutations in
plants; radium ray treatment of Datura
stramonium (Gager and Blakeslee).
• 1927 – H. J. Muller working with Drosphila
provides proof of mutation induction by X-rays,
Muller champions induced mutation for animal
and plant breeding and opens a new era in
genetics and breeding.
• 1928, Stadler publishes the first results of
mutation induction in crop plants, barley,
maize, wheat and oat, etc.
8. • 1936, The first induced mutant variety is
released, tobacco variety-‘Chlorina’ using X-rays
in Indonesia.
• 1942, First report of induced disease resistance
in a crop plant; X-ray induced mildew resistance
in barley (Freisleben and Lein).
• 1944/46 First reports of chemical induced
mutation (Auerbach and Robson).
10. TYPES OF MUTATION
1. Spontaneous mutations: Mutation occur in natural
populations. Natural exposure of a plant to certain
environmental factors, such as ultraviolet light and
chemical carcinogens (e.g., Aflatoxin B1). A
common cause of spontaneous point mutations is
the de-amination of cytosine to uracil in the DNA
double helix.
2. Induced mutations: Mutation may be artificially
induced by various mutagenic agents.
Induced mutations are of two types:
i) Macro-mutations: Mutation with distinct
morphological changes in the phenotype.
ii) Micro-mutations: Mutations with invisible
phenotypic changes.
14. MUTATION BREEDING
• Inducing desirable mutations and exploiting them for crop
improvement.
• It is commonly used in self pollinated crops and used to
produce traits in crops such as larger seeds, new colour,
greater yields, etc.
Important steps to know before mutation breeding are:
1.Selection of variety for mutation breeding, It should be
the best variety available in crop and Seed should be pure
2.Part of the plant to be treated
3.Dose of the mutagen (LD50): Mutagens generally induce a
high
frequency of chromosomal changes and meiotic and mitotic
irregularities, Optimum mutagen dose is one, which
produces maximum frequency of mutations and causes the
minimum killing.
15. MUTAGENS
• Mutagen : Physical or chemical agent which
greatly enhance the frequency of mutation.
Types of mutagens:
A. Physical mutagens:
1.Ionising radiation:
(a)Particulate radiations: alpha-rays, beta-rays,
fast neutrons and thermal neutrons.
(b) Non-particulate radiations: x-rays and
Gamma rays.
2.Non-ionising radiation: ultraviolet radiation.
19. Screening/selection
• Mainly three types screening/selection techniques
are used in M2 and subsequent generation.
1. Visual: most effective and efficient method for
identifying mutant phenotypes.
2. Mechanical/Physical: Very efficient for seed size,
shape, weight, density, etc., using appropriate
sieving machinery.
3. Other methods: Low alkaloid content mutants can
be selected using colorimetric tests (method of
determining the concentration of a chemical
element or chemical compound in a solution with
the aid of a colour reagent), chromatographic or
electrophoresis techniques may be used to select
isolate protein variants
20. Advantages of mutation breeding
• Mutation breeding is a cheap and rapid method
of developing new varieties.
• Induced mutagens are used for the induction of
CMS (Cytoplasmic male sterility). Ethidium
bromide (EB) has been used for induction of CMS
in barley.
• Mutation breeding is more effective for the
improvement of oligogenic characters (a trait
that is influenced by more than one gene).
• Mutation breeding is the simple, quick and the
best way when a new character is to be induced.
21. Disadvantages
• The process is generally random and unpredictable.
• Useful mutants are rare and predominantly
recessive.
• Mutants can have strong negative pleiotropic effects
on other traits.
• Health risks: handling, chemical mutagens;
radiations, fast neutrons treatments.
• Most mutants are of no use to breeding even if a
large number of mutants can be produced.
• Field trialling and germplasm storage can be
expensive and require a lot of space and careful
management if large mutant populations are
handled.
22. The primary research centres and institutes in
India that participated in the development and
release of various mutants
Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI)--
New Delhi
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre--Mumbai
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University--TN and
National Botanical Research Institute--Lucknow,
UP
23. Achievements of mutation breeding
• Higher yield Barley (DL 253), Pea (Hans),
• Groundnut (Co 2, TG 17).
• Short stature Barley (RDB 1),Rice (Prabhavati).
• Earliness Rice (IIT 48,IIT 60,Indira,Padmini)
• Stress resistance, Salt tolerance in Rice
(Mohan)
• water logging tolerance in jute (Padma)
• Bold seed size Groundnut (PB 1,PB 2,Vikram)
and Rice (Jagannath).