Somaclonal variability as a source of generating new forms of wheat valuable signs

Abstract

On the base of the analysis of published data and authors results it was concluded that the somaclonal variability could be used for the genetic improvement of agricultural crops. Many of important agricultural traits of somaclonal variants - such as high yield, earliness, red colour of grain, short stem, are stable maintained in next generations and increased in comparison with the initial variety. The stable somaclonal lines could serve as a source of initial material for further breeding of new wheat varieties.