Radiation mutation breeding has been used for nearly 100 years and has successfully
improved crops by increasing genetic variation. Global food production is facing a series of …

Plants regularly face the changing climatic conditions that cause biotic and abiotic stress
responses. The abiotic stresses are the primary constraints affecting crop yield and …

Gamma-rays are the most widely used mutagenic radiation in plant mutation breeding, but
detailed characteristics of mutated DNA sequences have not been clarified sufficiently. In …

Hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum), a major staple crop, has a remarkably large genome
of~ 14.4 Gb (containing 106 913 high‐confidence [HC] and 159 840 low‐confidence [LC] …

Gamma rays are the most frequently used ionizing radiation in plant mutagenesis; however,
few studies are available on the characteristics of mutations at a genome-wide level. Here …

Mutation breeding and functional genomics studies of mutant populations have made
important contributions to plant research involving the application of radiation. The …

Breeding is the most important and efficient method for crop improvement involving repeated
modification of the genetic makeup of a plant population over many generations. In this …

Genetic variations are an important source of germplasm diversity, as it provides an allele
resource that contributes to the development of new traits for plant breeding. Gamma rays …

For thousands of years, humans have been improving crops to better suit their needs. These
enhancements are driven by changes in the genetic makeup of the plant. While this was …

Heavy‐ion beams have been widely utilized as a novel and effective mutagen for mutation
breeding in diverse plant species, but the induced mutation spectrum is not fully understood …