Hezu 8,a New Wheat Variety Developed with in Vitro Mutation Technique

Key words: 
• in vitro mutation breeding /
• somatic tissue culture /
• radiation—induced mutation /
• application of lear technology to biotechnology

Abstract: A new wheat variety named Hezu 8 was developed by in vitro mutation techniques com-bining the somatic tissue culture with the radiation—induced mutation.This is the first one in theworld for breeding wheat variety in such a way,that the nuclear technology was successfully appliedto b(?)otechnology.Hezu 8 is featured by high yield potential,early maturity,disease resistance,toler-ance to moisture as well as good grain quality.In vitro mutation technique has proved to be helpful inincrement ...