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Flowers of Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat cv. Lalima were greyed red and florets were flat spoon shaped. Ray florets after inoculation on the Murashige and Skoog's medium supplemented with 1.07 μM α-naphthaleneacetic acid and 8.87 μM benzyladenine were irradiated with γ-radiation (0.5 Gy and 1 Gy). All the regenerated shoots either from control or from γ-irradiated florets were isolated, rooted and transplanted in the field after hardening. Two mutants were obtained in the γ-irradiated plants (0.5 Gy). Both the mutants were yellow coloured but one having flat spoon shaped ray florets similar to the original cultivar, while the other having tubular florets. Both the mutants were propagated vegetatively and have produced true-to-type flowers.
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Misra, P., Datta, S. & Chakrabarty, D. Mutation in Flower Colour and Shape of Chrysanthemum morifolium Induced by γ-Radiation. Biologia Plantarum 47, 153–156 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1027365822769
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