title: [Development and prospect of plant mutation breeding induced by aviation and spaceflight in China].
abstract: Since 1987, about fifty species, three hundred varieties of crops have been sent in recoverable satellites or high altitude balloon (HAB). The selected lines include a high-yield, disease-resist, and hybrid-vigorous rice line, a recovered line of Japonica rice restoring sterility of Indica rice, a new green pepper strain which grows fruits over 500 g, a disease-resist, high-quality tomato line, a big-pod rape line, a big-fruit white lotus line and a big-bulb lily. The special conditions in the outer space can induce a variety of mutations in the plants and their progeny, which provides a new way for the plant breeding.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Genetics CAS, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: X C
authors.initials: XC
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D000531:Altitude; D001359:Aviation; D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D016296:Mutagenesis; D009154:Mutation; D063245:Plant Development; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics*; D013026:Space Flight; D014893:Weightlessness