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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.
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Rao, A.V., Farooqui, A., Sree, T.J. et al. EMS-induced streptomycin resistance in Solanum melongena . Theoret. Appl. Genetics 87, 527–530 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00215099
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