“…Ion beam technology was developed in Japan and is characterized by high mutagenesis efficiency, even at low doses, with minimal adverse effects on growth because it can deliver higher amounts of energy more locally than X-rays and γ-rays [ 6 ], which have been used for conventional mutagenesis [ 7 , 8 ]. There are many examples of mutants created by ion beam irradiation in plants, such as torenia [ 9 , 10 ], verbena [ 11 , 12 ], gentian [ 13 ], cyclamen [ 14 ], petunia [ 15 ], tricyrtis hirta [ 16 ], carnation [ 17 , 18 ], and Colocasia [ 19 ]. And the most common case of mutant production by ion beam irradiation is in chrysanthemum [ 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 ], which are in the same family as gerbera, but it has not been reported in gerbera.…”