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Table 1 Treatment of Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra seeds with 0.5% ethyl methanesulphonate (EMS) and production of M 2 seeds

From: Development and characterization of low α-linolenic acid Brassica oleracea lines bearing a novel mutation in a ‘class a’ FATTY ACID DESATURASE 3gene

Treatment

No seeds used

No. seeds germinated

% germinated seeds

No. seedlings to soil

No. M1plants produced seeds

% M1plants produced seeds

No. seeds on M1plants

No. M2seeds harvested

Range

Mean ± S.E.

0.5% EMS

600

575

95.8

450

287

63.8

1 ’ 512

29.2 ± 2.9

8,383

Control

120

118

98.3

10

9

90.0a

   
  1. aNumber of seeds per plant was ≈ 90.