Publications by authors named "Thankaraj Salammal Maria Shibu"
BMC Plant Biol
November 2023
Article Synopsis
- Choy Sum is a type of vegetable that reacts significantly to changes in indoor lighting, highlighting the need for new cultivars for indoor farming due to a lack of existing genetic material.
- The study created a mutant population using a chemical called ethyl methane sulfonate, isolating 154 mutants under low light conditions and identifying 5 of them that exhibited shorter heights and better shade tolerance.
- The research concluded that mutation breeding is effective for developing resilient Choy Sum mutants, suggesting this approach could help create new cultivars for other crops in controlled environments.
