A b s t r a c tThe method of chemical mutagenesis allows in a relatively short time to obtain a material with new features and properties, including completely new mutations. The effectiveness of the application of the method for the creation of selection valuable forms of plants in various soil and climatic conditions is shown in the works of a number of authors. The purpose of this work was to study the effect of the mutagen namely phosphomide in different concentrations on the agrobiological characters at the hybrid form and the initial cultivars of spring soft wheat (Triticum aestivun L.). Two domestic cultivars (Scant 1, Scant 3, var. lutescens) and three foreign cultivars (Cara, var. erythrospermum; Hybrid, var. ferrugineum; Lutescens 70, var. lutescens) were the source material. A preliminary study of the varieties was carried out in 2006-2008. In 2009, hybrid combinations involving these varieties were obtained using incomplete diallel crosses and forced pollination. The efficacy of phosphomide, a chemical mutagen, at concentrations of 0.002 and 0.01 % was studied in two varieties (Cara and Scant 3) and F 4 hybrid (Cara ½ Scant 3). For the treatment, the seeds were soaked in phosphomide solutions for 3 hours, and the control seeds were soaked in distilled water. Germination energy and morphometric parameters of the seedlings were evaluated in laboratory tests to calculate the growth inhibition indices. In the spring 2014, 25 mutagen-treated seeds were sown in the field (Biostation of Tyumen State University, Tyumen Province) in 4-fold replication separately for each variant of treatment to obtain M 1 generation. From individual M 1 plants were separately derived M 2 generation. Resistance of the specimens toward leaf fungus diseases (powdery mildew, leaf rust and spotting) was assessed under natural infection development (Biostation of Tyumen State University, Tyumen Province) during the entire vegetation period, from appearance of the symptoms till the leaves dried up, using laboratory tests for specific pathogen identification. The results obtained suggest that the use of phosphomide promotes diversity of the breeding material. In the first generation (M 1 ), there was an inhibitory effect of phosphomide on field wheat germination and the morphometric parameters of seedlings (the length of roots and shoots) which depended on the mutagen concentration. The seedlings showed the least tolerance to phosphomide as to the number of germinal roots. The effect of stimulation compared to the control occurred in the hybrid combination Cara ½ Scant 3 as to seed germination energy indices (by 5.9 %) in the laboratory tests and plant viability in the field during the growing season (by 14.0-80.0 %). The mutagen increased significantly the grain weight per 1 m 2 in the hybrid (by 16.0 %) while the grain yield in the varieties Cara and Scant 3 decreased by 67.0 and 57.0 %, respectively. In high concentration (0.01 %) the mutagen reduced resistance to powdery mildew and brown rust in the varieties whereas in the hybri...

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Genetic diversity of plants increases the possibility of choice and provides higher adaptability of plants to adverse environmental conditions. Flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) is one of the crops requiring attention and introduction in agricultural production. In Siberia, Russia already in 1908 the first experiments with flax were started in Tobolsk province. In the 20 th century this branch was developed on the farms of Tyumen region. Heat resources, agrochemical properties of soils, water supply are adequate for the cultivation of this crop in the northern latitudes.The study was aimed to explore the effects of seed treatment with phosphemidum on chlorophyll content and morphometric parameters of flax seedlings and plants. Seventeen samples of fibre flax and three samples of linseed of different origin (Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Canada, Czech Republic, France and Germany) from the collection of the Institute of Biology of Tyumen State University were studied. Air-dried seeds were treated with the solution of chemical agent phosphemidum in concentrations of 0.005, 0.01 and 0.1 %. Laboratory experiments revealed differences in morphometric parameters of plant seedlings. The response to seed treatment with mutagen was studied by the variability of chlorophyll content in the leaves. The samples were found to differ in the dynamics of chlorophyll accumulation by the stages of ontogenesis. All samples reacted to the increase of phosphemidum concentration by the decrease in chlorophyll content in leaves.

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