Study on Screening of TaGA2ox1 Mutants in Wheat by Ion Beam Irradiation

As a kind of mutagen, ion beam irradiation can create abundant biological mutations. A population of about 2000 lines was generated by irradiating dry wheat seeds of Xiao Yan 81 with low-energy nitrogen ion beams. The traits of the plant, such as height, spike type, fertility, stem color and awn length, were investigated. The mutation rate in terms of the plant height in M2 was 2.9%. Eighteen deletion mutants of TaGA2ox1 were obtained. Associate analysis showed that TaGA2ox1 was closely related to the plant height. Most of the TaGA2ox1-deleted mutants were higher than the control, suggesting that the biological function of TaGA2ox1 is similar to its homologues in other plants. These results demonstrate that ion beam irradiation is an efficient tool in the construction of a mutant library for wheat.