Biological Effects of a Chemical Mutagen, Diepoxybutane, on Tomato
- 10 June 1960
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 131 (3415) , 1732-1733
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.131.3415.1732
Abstract
Tomato seeds were treated with three concentrations of 1:2, 3:4-diepoxybutane. Seedling mutations were induced in high amounts with all doses, but other biological effects in the treated generation including delayed germination, chlorophyll-deficiency sectoring in the first true leaves, and failure of plants to bear fruit, were found only with the highest concentration. Neither a lethal nor a partially lethal dose was applied.Keywords
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