Mutation Breeding
Three Year Plan for FNCA Mutation Breeding Project
  As of December 9, 2005
  FY2004 FY2005 FY2006 FY2007 NOTES
  Nov.30-Dec.1 March Nov.30-Dec.1 March 1-3        
Overall Schedule 5th FNCA 30-Apr. 1 6th FNCA 7th CM 7th FNCA 8th CM    
(Vietnam) 6th CM  (Japan) (Japan)   (Japan)    
    (Japan)            
Workshop
& Topics		 Aug. 30 – Sep.3
Indoneisa
"Clonally Propagated Crops"		 Dec. 5-9
Malaysia		 Japan    
Sub-Project 1
"Drought Tolerance in Sorghum and Soybean"		 Early screening and selection for the drought tolerant lines in the M2 population
 *Mid-term Review		 Further selections of the tolerant lines and establishment of pure lines Evaluation of the promising mutant lines for drought tolerance
 *Final Report		    
Sub-Project 2
"Insect Resistance in Orchid"		 · Irradiation of PLBs
 (protocorm like bodies)
· Determination of radiation
sensitivity and optimum
dose
· Development of selection
techniques(in vitro)
· Multiplication of irradiated
PLBs (three subcultures)		 · Irradiation of PLBs
· Development of selection
techniques(in vitro)
(continue)
· Multiplication of irradiated
PLBs (three subcultures)
· Transfer plantlets to the
greenhouse for selection

 *Mid-term Review		 · Development of selection
techniques (in vivo)
· Transfer plantlets to the
greenhouse for selections
of flower color mutant(s)
· In vitro selection for insect
tolerant clones		 · In vivo selection for insect
tolerant clones
· Meristem cloning of flower
color mutant(s)
· Meristem cloning of
tolerant mutant(s)

 *Final Report		  
Sub-Project 3
"Disease Resistance in Banana"		   · Induction of embryogenic
callus from male
inflorescence or other
explants etc.
· Irradiation of materials etc.		 <BBTV>
· Field evaluation of material
 (Generation 3)

<Fusarium>
· Field Screening in hot spot
 (Q3-2006)

 *Mid-term Review		 <BBTV(other diseases)>
Multi-location field trials
(Q3-2007)

<Fusarium>
Multi-location field trials
(Q3-2007)		 2008:
<BBTV>
Performance evaluation and
registration of selected mutant
resistant/tolerant lines

<Fusarium>
Further evaluation of
performance and resistance of
selected mutant
resistant/tolerant lines
= OTHER PROJECTS =
Mutation Breeding Database (MBDB) · Update and distribute
FY2004 version on
FNCA web site
by semi-closed system		 · Distribute FY2004 version
on FNCA web site
by semi-closed system		 · Update and distribute
FY2006 version on
FNCA web site
by semi-closed system		 · Distribute FY2006 version
on FNCA web site
by semi-closed system		  
Mutant Stock Repository(MSR) Suspend ―――――――――――→ ―――――――――――→    
Mutation Breeding Manual Editing MB Manual Publication of MB Manual
through FNCA web site		 ―――――――――――→ ―――――――――――→