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Effect of EMS |
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| Dose of EMS |
0 mM |
16 mM |
20 mM |
24 mM |
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| Total M1 seeds sown |
100 |
1000 |
4000 |
3600 |
| Percentage of M1 plants setting seeds |
100% |
61% |
63% |
58% |
| Percentage of M1 plants yielding more than 5 seeds |
100% |
56% |
52% |
39% |
| Percentage of arrested embryos in pods of M1 plants |
3% |
45% |
49% |
52% |
| Mean number of seeds per pod (± SD) |
4.83 ± 0.91 |
2.00 ± 0.86 |
0.91 ± 1.30 |
0.79 ± 1.93 |
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Effect of the concentration of EMS on M2 seed setting, on the frequency of arrested embryos (data are expressed as the percentage of total seeds analyzed) and on the mean number of seeds per pod in the M1 generation (200 pods analyzed per dose). SD, standard deviation. | ||||
Dalmais et al. Genome Biology 2008 9:R43 doi:10.1186/gb-2008-9-2-r43 |
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