Gamma Rays and CarbonIon-Beams Irradiation for Mutation ...
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‘W 1 II 31’. In the case of ‘Cavendish Enano’, two plants with the code<br />
numbers ‘CE 4 II 30’ <strong>and</strong> ‘CE 64 I 5’ were observed. These groups of plants<br />
were selected as possible c<strong>and</strong>idates with better response against to black<br />
Sigatoka. Those results allow to allege that the sensitivity to the irradiation of<br />
‘Williams’ determined by LD50 could explain the variation in the number of<br />
mutated plants that shows six c<strong>and</strong>idates, compared with the two c<strong>and</strong>idates<br />
obtained in ‘Cavendish Enano’. That means that high sensitivity cultivars to<br />
Carbon ion-beams irradiation may produce a wide range of mutagenesis<br />
expressing tolerant/resistant to black Sigatoka, deducing that the sensitivity is<br />
cultivar dependent.<br />
A single plantlet of ‘Cavendish Enano’ with early growth has been<br />
also observed among a group of plants irradiated by Carbon ion-beam at 4 Gy<br />
(Fig. 49). This characteristic is important <strong>for</strong> crop cycle; meaning that the<br />
annual production could increase due to the number of bunches harvest per<br />
year.<br />
In conclusion, <strong>Gamma</strong> rays <strong>and</strong> Carbon ion-beams produce the<br />
same tendency of survival rate when banana explants were subjected to their<br />
irradiation, but both methods are different in terms of linear energy transfer,<br />
showing the effectiveness of Carbon ion-beams at low doses. The most<br />
sensitive to the irradiation among the banana used in this experiment were<br />
‘Orito’ <strong>and</strong> ‘FHIA-01’. A sigmoid drooping leaf plant of ‘FHIA-01’ <strong>and</strong><br />
plants with low incidence affected by black Sigatoka <strong>and</strong> juglone toxin were<br />
obtained. In addition, a single plant of ‘Cavendish Enano’, irradiated by<br />
Carbon ion-beam at greenhouse conditions showed the early growth among a<br />
group of plants. Regarding to the selected plants less affected by black<br />
Sigatoka, field experiment considering the whole plant cycle must be<br />
necessary to confirm not only the black Sigatoka response but also fruit<br />
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