José Gregorio Joya-Dávila, F. A. Gutiérrez-Miceli*
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.89, No.4, pp. 835-850, 2020, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2020.013679
Abstract Ethyl methanesulfonate is a chemical mutagen, which is currently being
used in plant breeding, to increase genetic variability in genes of agronomic interest, of species useful in agriculture. It primarily causes single base point mutations
by inducing guanine alkylation, resulting in GC to AT transitions. Its effect is different between clones of a genotype and between genotypes of the same species.
This review presents the results obtained in recent research, where its effect on
plant tissues, callus, and cells in suspension has been evaluated. Changes in the
phenotypic expression of somaclonal variants were reported, involving morphology, production of secondary metabolites,… More >
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