Mutation induction of chrysanthemum (dendranthema grandiflora tzvelev) using gamma and ion beam irradiation

• Main Author: Salleh, Shakinah
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Chrysanthemums - Mutation breeding; Chrysanthemums - Biotechnology; Chrysanthemums - Micropropagation
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/42878/1/FP%202013%209.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/42878/

Chrysanthemum is one of the major temperate cut flowers in Malaysia. In chrysanthemum production, there is always a demand for new cultivars with varied flower colours and shapes coupled with other preferred traits. Induced mutation using physical mutagens including gamma ray and ion beam in combin...