著者
Ayaka Matsuta Takahiro Mayuzumi Hajime Katano Masanori Hatashita Keiichi Takagi Yoriko Hayashi Tomoko Abe Koji Murai Yusuke Kazama
出版者
Japan Mendel Society, International Society of Cytology
雑誌
CYTOLOGIA (ISSN:00114545)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.86, no.4, pp.317-322, 2021-12-25 (Released:2021-12-24)
参考文献数
43
被引用文献数
1

A high-LET heavy-ion beam has a severe effect on survival and effectively induces chromosomal rearrangements. In this study, the effect of high-LET heavy-ion irradiation on mutation induction in the M1 generation was investigated in an inbred line of Torenia fournieri, which is a widely used horticultural plant. Dry seeds of the inbred line ‘Zairai murasaki’ were irradiated with a C-ion beam (LET: 50 keV µm−1) or Ar-ion beams (LETs: 184 keV µm−1 or 290 keV µm−1) at different doses, and then sown on 1/2 MS plates. After determining the survival rates from each irradiation condition, appropriate doses of each beam were roughly determined to produce a survival rate of 90%: 300, 75, and 50 Gy for the C-ion beam with a LET of 50 keV µm−1, Ar-ion beam with a LET of 184 keV µm−1, and Ar-ion beam with a LET of 290 keV µm−1, respectively. In the screening of branches with aberrant flowers, one and two aberrant plants were isolated from 16 and 30 M1 plants after irradiation with LETs of 184 keV µm−1 and 290 keV µm−1, respectively. However, no aberrant plants were identified in M1 plants after irradiation with a LET of 50 keV µm−1. We concluded that high-LET heavy-ion beam irradiation is effective in inducing mutations even in the M1 generation of inbred ornamental plants. This technique could be widely used for breeding ornamental plants that can be propagated vegetatively.