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The Role of Cytological Aberrations in Crop Improvement Through Induced Mutagenesis

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Improvement of Crops in the Era of Climatic Changes

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Mutation breeding for the past few decades has been pivotal in developing such high-yielding varieties which greatly help to feed the ever-growing global human population. Although induced mutations have great relevance for growing superior plant types in different crops plant, most of them are lethal or semi-lethal and do not have any practical values possibly due to the doses monitored and/or mutagens employed. Thus, to administer successful mutagenesis, selection of efficient mutagen and treatment is a basic prerequisite. The cytological analysis with respect to meiotic or mitotic behavior is considered one of the most reliable indices to estimate the potency of a mutagen. Hence, investigations on cytological aberrations and their genetic consequences form an integral part for most of the mutation studies and provide a considerable clue to assess the sensitivity of plants for different mutagens. In addition, the cytogenetic information vis-à-vis chromosome deformities provides an exhaustive overview related to the improvement of the desired trait via induced mutagenesis. The present documentation is an attempt to reveal the impact of mutagens on cytological behavior and their overall role in crop improvement.

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The lead author highly acknowledges the financial assistance in the form of a fellowship (BSR-UGC) received from UGC, New Delhi, India, during the Ph.D. program (2008–2012) carried out at Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India.

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    Mohammad Imran Kozgar

  2. Department of Biosciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, 110025, New Delhi, India

    Shaheen Hussain

  3. Department of Botany, Government Degree College (Boys), 192102, Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir, India

    Mohd Rafiq Wani

  4. Mutation Breeding Laboratory, Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, 202002, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Samiullah Khan

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Kozgar, M., Hussain, S., Wani, M., Khan, S. (2014). The Role of Cytological Aberrations in Crop Improvement Through Induced Mutagenesis. In: Ahmad, P., Wani, M., Azooz, M., Phan Tran, LS. (eds) Improvement of Crops in the Era of Climatic Changes. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8824-8_11

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