title: EMS-induced streptomycin resistance in Solanum melongena.
abstract: Streptomycin-resistant mutations were induced in Solanum melongena by exposing seeds to ethyl methane sulphonate (EMS). Seed mutagenesis resulted in a high frequency of chlorophyll-deficient mutations and a low frequency of resistant shoots, both of which retained their resistance on subsequent testing. Reciprocal crosses between streptomycin-resistant and -sensitive plants showed a non-Mendelian transmission of the resistance trait. Streptomycin resistance is the first selectable and maternally inherited organelle marker described in brinjal.
authors.affiliation: Plant Cell and Tissue Culture Laboratory, Department of Botany, Kakatiya University, 506009, Warangal, India.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Farooqui
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Sree
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Ramana
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sadanandam