CHARACTERISTICS OF IMPROVED MUTANT VARIETIES OF SOYBEAN (GLYCINE MAX (L.) MERRILL) IN TURKEY

摘要

These results indicated that mutation breeding can be used successfully to improve the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of soybean. The intensive mutation breeding programme showed that some traits in the soybean cultivars can be improved, since the mutants were characterized by higher seed and oil yields per unit area, higher first pod height and protein content, and were registered as a second or main crop for the Mediterranean region of Turkey. Similar improvements in the oil and protein content of soybean have also been found by Williams and Hanway [5]. In addition, new germplasm for useful morphological and agronomic traits was produced that can be used for combining different desirable traits in new strains in hybridization programmes.