Abstract:

Foxtail millet cultivar ‘Changnong35’, which is widely used in agricultural production, was treated with EMS to establish foxtail millet mutant library for the molecular biology applications. We obtained 282 mutants in the M1 generation related to plant type, of which, 100 mutant plants obtained by using 0.8% EMS treatment can be divided into 10 groups; 182 mutant plants obtained by using 1.0% EMS treatment can be divided into 17 groups. The analysis results of the mature plant type traits of the M1 Generation showed that: plant height, stem diameter under spike, the diameter of the first internode and internode numbers treated with 1.0% EMS comparing with the control were significantly different, while the 0.8% EMS treatment comparing with control was not significant, therefore, the treatment of 1.0% EMS was more conducive to obtainment of a large number and multi-type mutants for ‘Changnong35’.