Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding (The)
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  • Year: 1971
  • Volume: 31
  • Issue: 3

The Design of a Method, Using Ionising Radiation, for the Introduction of Alien Variation Into Wheat

  • Author:
  • G. Kimber
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 580 to 584

I.A.E.A. Expert at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi

*Permanent address: Department of Agronomy, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65201, U.S.A.

Abstract

A new method is described for the introduction of alien variation into wheat. A genetical screening is used to recognise the production of translocations and the method is designed to maximise the possibility of recovering the translocated segment whilst at the same time minimising the labour involved