<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<front>
<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0187-7380</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista fitotecnia mexicana]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. fitotec. mex]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0187-7380</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Mexicana de Fitogenética A.C.]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0187-73802022000100055</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.35196/rfm.2022.1.55</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Phenotypic and genetic variability induced by gamma irradiation in wilman lovegrass Eragrostis superba (peyr.)]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Variabilidad fenotípica y genética inducida mediante irradiación gamma en pasto garrapata Eragrostis superba (peyr.)]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Álvarez-Holguín]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alan]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Morales-Nieto]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos R.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Avendaño-Arrazate]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos H.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Corrales-Lerma]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Raúl]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Villarreal-Guerrero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Federico]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gil-Vega]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Katia del Carmen]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias Campo Experimental La Campana ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Aldama Chihuahua]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua Facultad de Zootecnia y Ecología ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Chihuahua Chihuahua]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Tuxtla Chico Chiapas]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Politécnico Nacional Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Irapuato Guanajuato]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>45</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>55</fpage>
<lpage>64</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0187-73802022000100055&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0187-73802022000100055&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0187-73802022000100055&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[SUMMARY Wilman lovegrass [Eragrostis superba (Peyr.)] is a species used worldwide to revegetate rangelands; however, it has a low nutritional quality and a poor tolerance to water stress; thus, it can be a candidate for plant breeding. In this study, the morphological, nutritional, stomatal and molecular diversity induced by gamma irradiation was evaluated in Wilman lovegrass. Seed of the common variety was exposed to gamma radiation at doses of 100, 200, 300, 450, 600, 900, 1400 and 2000 Gy; in addition, non-irradiated seed was used as a control. Seed of the different treatments was used to produce plants in a greenhouse, which were evaluated through traits related to forage quality and water stress tolerance. The first generation of plants derived from mutagenic treatments (M1) was selected based on agronomic traits. The selected promissory mutants were then nutritionally, stomatally and molecularly characterized. All the possible selected mutants presented lower lignin content (P &#8804; 0.01) compared to the common variety. The 200-3 and 200-7 promissory mutants showed higher protein content (P &#8804; 0.01) at maturity stage. Also, significant differences (P &#8804; 0.01) were found between putative mutants and control plants in stomatal density and stomatal area. The molecular analysis revealed significant differences (P &#8804; 0.01) between the control genotype and the promissory mutants 200-3, 600-3, and 600-6, which presented genetic distances of 0.41, 0.42 and 0.35 (Dice&#8217;s coefficient) in relation to the control genotype, respectively. The phenotypic and genetic variability induced by gamma irradiation allowed to select the first generation of putative mutants with outstanding agronomic traits, nutritional value and stomatal characteristics.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN El pasto garrapata [Eragrostis superba (Peyr.)] es una especie utilizada a nivel mundial para revegetar pastizales degradados; no obstante, posee baja calidad nutricional y tolerancia al estrés hídrico, por lo que puede ser candidato para mejoramiento genético. En el presente estudio se evaluó la diversidad morfológica, nutricional, estomática y molecular inducida mediante irradiación gamma en pasto garrapata. Para ello, se expuso semilla de la variedad común a radiación gamma en dosis de 100, 200, 300, 450, 600, 900, 1400 y 2000 Gy; además, se utilizó semilla sin irradiar como testigo. La semilla de los diferentes tratamientos se utilizó para producir plantas en invernadero, las cuales se evaluaron a través de características relacionadas con calidad de forraje y tolerancia a estrés hídrico. La primera generación de plantas derivadas de tratamientos mutagénicos (M1) se seleccionó con base en características agronómicas. Los mutantes promisorios seleccionados fueron caracterizados nutricional, estomática y molecularmente. Todos los posibles mutantes seleccionados presentaron menor contenido de lignina (P &#8804; 0.01) respecto a la variedad común. Los mutantes promisorios 200-3 y 200-7 mostraron mayor contenido de proteína (P &#8804; 0.01) en etapa de madurez; además, se encontraron diferencias significativas (P &#8804; 0.01) entre plantas de posibles mutantes y testigo en densidad y área estomática. El análisis molecular reveló diferencias significativas (P &#8804; 0.01) entre el genotipo testigo y los mutantes promisorios 200-3,600-3 y 600-6, los cuales presentaron distancias genéticas de 0.41, 0.42 y 0.35 (Coeficiente de Dice) con el genotipo testigo, respectivamente. La variabilidad fenotípica y genética inducida por irradiación gamma permitió seleccionar la primera generación de posibles mutantes con mejores características agronómicas, valor nutricional y características estomáticas.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[AFLP]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Cobalt-60]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[forage quality]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[mutation induction]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[AFLP]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Cobalto-60]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[calidad nutricional]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[inducción de mutaciones]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
</article-meta>
</front><back>
<ref-list>
<ref id="B1">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Abtahi]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Arzani]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Molecular and morphological assessment of genetic variability induced by gamma radiation in canola]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Journal of Plant Molecular Breeding]]></source>
<year>2013</year>
<volume>1</volume>
<page-range>69-84</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B2">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Avila]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R. E.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Di Marco]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[O. N.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Agnusdei]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M. G.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mayoral]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[C.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Digestibilidad de la fibra y materia seca de dos gramíneas megatérmicas (Chloris gayana y Cenchrus ciliaris) de diferente porte: relación con la edad y largo foliar]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Revista Argentina de Producción Animal]]></source>
<year>2010</year>
<volume>30</volume>
<page-range>1-13</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B3">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Batistoti]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[C.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lempp]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[B.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Jank]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[L.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Morais]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M. G.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cubas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A. C.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gomes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R. A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ferreira]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M. V. B.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Correlations among anatomical, morphological, chemical and agronomic characteristics of leaf blades in Panicum maximum genotypes]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Animal Feed Science and Technology]]></source>
<year>2012</year>
<volume>171</volume>
<page-range>173-80</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B4">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Çakir]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mutlu]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S. S.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Djapo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[H.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Gamma-ray irradiation improves turfgrass characteristics of St. Augustinegrass]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Crop Science]]></source>
<year>2017</year>
<volume>57</volume>
<page-range>587-94</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B5">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Capanema]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[E. A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Balakshin]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M. Y.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Kadla]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J. F.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[A comprehensive approach for quantitative lignin characterization by NMR spectroscopy]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry]]></source>
<year>2004</year>
<volume>52</volume>
<page-range>1850-60</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B6">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Çelik]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[O.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Atak]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ç.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Suludere]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Z.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Response of soybean plants to gamma radiation: biochemical analyses and expression patterns of trichome development]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Plant Omics Journal]]></source>
<year>2014</year>
<volume>7</volume>
<page-range>382-91</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B7">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Duru]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cruz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[P.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Raouda]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A. H. K.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ducourtieux]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[C.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Theau]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J. P.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Relevance of plant functional types based on leaf dry matter content for assessing digestibility of native grass species and species-rich grassland communities in Spring]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Agronomy Journal]]></source>
<year>2008</year>
<volume>100</volume>
<page-range>1622-30</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B8">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Excoffier]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[L.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Smouse]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[P. E.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Quattro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J. M.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Analysis of molecular variance inferred from metric distances among DNA haplotypes: application to human mitochondrial DNA restriction data]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Genetics]]></source>
<year>1992</year>
<volume>131</volume>
<page-range>479-91</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B9">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Franks]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[P. J.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Beerling]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[D. J.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Maximum leaf conductance driven by CO2 effects on stomatal size and density over geologic time]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America]]></source>
<year>2009</year>
<volume>106</volume>
<page-range>10343-7</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B10">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Franks]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[P. J.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Doheny-Adams]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[T. W.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Britton-Harper]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Z. J.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gray]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J. E.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Increasing water-use efficiency directly through genetic manipulation of stomatal density]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[New Phytologist]]></source>
<year>2015</year>
<volume>207</volume>
<page-range>188-95</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B11">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Goering]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[H. K.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Van Soest]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[P. J.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Forage Fiber Analyses (Apparatus, Reagents, Procedures, and Some Applications)]]></source>
<year>1970</year>
<page-range>24</page-range><publisher-loc><![CDATA[Washinton, D. C., USA ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B12">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Golubinova]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[I.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Naydenova]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Y.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Enchev]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Kikindonov]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[T.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ilieva]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Marinov-Serafimov]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[P.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Biochemical evaluation of forage quality from mutant forms of Sudan grass (Sorghum sudanense (Piper) Stapf.) (In Russian)]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Journal of Ecology and Environment Sciences]]></source>
<year>2016</year>
<volume>15</volume>
<page-range>43-51</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B13">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hampl]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[V.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pavlícek]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Flegr]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Construction and bootstrap analysis of DNA &#64257;ngerprinting-based phylogenetic trees with a freeware program FreeTree: application to trichomonad parasites]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology]]></source>
<year>2001</year>
<volume>51</volume>
<page-range>731-5</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B14">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Harris]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[K]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Anderson]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[W.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Malik]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Genetic relationships among napiergrass (Pennisetum purpureum Schum.) nursery accessions using AFLP markers]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Plant Genetic Resources]]></source>
<year>2010</year>
<volume>8</volume>
<page-range>63-70</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B15">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Kavithamani]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[D.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Kalamani]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vanniarajan]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[C.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Uma]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[D.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Development of new vegetable soybean (Glycine max L. Merill) mutants with high protein and less fibre content]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding]]></source>
<year>2010</year>
<volume>1</volume>
<page-range>1060-5</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B16">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Kipchirchir]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[K. O.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ngugi]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[K. R.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mwangi]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M. S.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Njomo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[K. G.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Raphael]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[W.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Water stress tolerance of six rangeland grasses in the Kenyan semi-arid rangelands]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[American Journal of Agriculture and Forestry]]></source>
<year>2015</year>
<volume>3</volume>
<page-range>222-9</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B17">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Koech]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[O. K.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Kinuthia]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R. N.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Karuku]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[G. N.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mureithi]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S. M.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Wanjogu]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Water use efficiency of six rangeland grasses under varied soil moisture content levels in the arid Tana River County, Kenya]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology]]></source>
<year>2015</year>
<volume>9</volume>
<page-range>632-40</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B18">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lawson]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[T.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Blatt]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M. R.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Stomatal size, speed, and responsiveness impact on photosynthesis and water use efficiency]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Plant Physiology]]></source>
<year>2014</year>
<volume>164</volume>
<page-range>1556-70</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B19">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lee]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M. B.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Kim]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J. Y.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Seo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Y. W.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Identification of lignin-deficient Brachypodium distachyon (L.) Beauv. mutants induced by gamma radiation]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture]]></source>
<year>2017</year>
<volume>97</volume>
<page-range>2159-65</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B20">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[López]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[C. E.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Prina]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Griffa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ribotta]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A. N.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Carloni]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[E.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Tommasino]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[E.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Grunberg]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[K.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Obtaining new germplasm in Cenchrus ciliaris L. through induced-mutation and in vitro selection]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany]]></source>
<year>2011</year>
<volume>80</volume>
<page-range>59-64</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B21">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mahyuddin]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[P.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Relationship between chemical component and in vitro digestibility of tropical grasses]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[HAYATI Journal of Biosciences]]></source>
<year>2008</year>
<volume>15</volume>
<page-range>85-9</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B22">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Marshall]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[V. M.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lewis]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M. M.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ostendorf]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[B.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) as an invader and threat to biodiversity in arid environments: a review]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Journal of Arid Environments]]></source>
<year>2012</year>
<volume>78</volume>
<page-range>1-12</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B23">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mganga]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[K. Z.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Musimba]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[N. K. R.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Nyariki]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[D. M.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Nyangito]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M. M.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mwang&#8217;ombe]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A. W.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ekaya]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[W. N.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Muiru]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[W. M.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Dry matter yields and hydrological properties of three perennial grasses of a semi-arid environment in east Africa]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[African Journal of Plant Science]]></source>
<year>2010</year>
<volume>4</volume>
<page-range>138-44</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B24">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mganga]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[K. Z.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Musimba]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[N. K. R.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Nyariki]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[D. M.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Nyangito]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M. M.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mwang&#8217;ombe]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A. W.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[The choice of grass species to combat desertification in semi&#8208;arid Kenyan rangelands is greatly influenced by their forage value for livestock]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Grass and Forage Science]]></source>
<year>2013</year>
<volume>70</volume>
<page-range>161-7</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B25">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<collab>MVD, Mutant Variety Database</collab>
<source><![CDATA[The Joint FAO/IAEA Mutant Variety Database]]></source>
<year>2020</year>
<publisher-loc><![CDATA[Vienna, Austria ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Joint FAO]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B26">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Oladosu]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Y.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rafii]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M. I.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Abdullah]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[N.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hussin]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[G.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ramli]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rahim]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[H. A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Usman]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Principle and application of plant mutagenesis in crop improvement: a review]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Biotechnology &amp; Biotechnological Equipment]]></source>
<year>2016</year>
<volume>30</volume>
<page-range>1-16</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B27">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Peakall]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Smouse]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[P. E.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[GenAlEx 6.5: Genetic analysis in Excel. Population genetic software for teaching and research-an update]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Bioinformatics]]></source>
<year>2012</year>
<volume>28</volume>
<page-range>2537-9</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B28">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pongtongkam]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[P.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Peyachoknagul]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Arananant]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Thongpan]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Tudsri]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Production of salt tolerance dwarf napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum cv. Mott) using tissue culture and gamma irradiation]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Natural Science]]></source>
<year>2006</year>
<volume>40</volume>
<page-range>625-33</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B29">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Prakash]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ganesamurthy]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[K.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Nirmalakumari]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Nagarajan]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[P.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Correlation and path analysis in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench)]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding]]></source>
<year>2010</year>
<volume>1</volume>
<page-range>315-8</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B30">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Prasanna]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Jain]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S. M.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Mutant resources and mutagenomics in crop plants. Emirates]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Journal of Food and Agriculture]]></source>
<year>2017</year>
<volume>29</volume>
<page-range>651-7</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B31">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ramírez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J. L.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Verdecia]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[D.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Leonard]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[I.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Álvarez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Y.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Rendimiento de materia seca y calidad nutritiva del pasto Panicum maximum vc. Likoni en un suelo fluvisol de la región oriental de Cuba]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Revista Electrónica de Veterinaria]]></source>
<year>2010</year>
<volume>11</volume>
<page-range>1-14</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B32">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rashid]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ren-hu]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[L.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Wei]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Yong-han]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[X.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fu-lin]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[W.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Yue-zhi]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[T.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[He]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[G.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Genomic diversity among Basmati rice (Oryza sativa L) mutants obtained through 60Co gamma radiations using AFLP markers]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[African Journal of Biotechnology]]></source>
<year>2009</year>
<volume>8</volume>
<page-range>6777-83</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B33">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sáenz-Flores]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[E.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Saucedo-Terán]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R. A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Morales-Nieto]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[C. R.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Jurado-Guerra]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[P.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lara-Macías]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[C. R.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Melgoza-Castillo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ortega-Gutiérrez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J. A.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Produccio&#769;n y calidad de semilla de pastos forrajeros como respuesta a la fertilizacio&#769;n en Aldama, Chihuahua]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Tecnociencia]]></source>
<year>2015</year>
<page-range>111-9</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B34">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sanderson]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M. A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Voigt]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[P.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Jones]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R. M.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Yield and quality of warm-season grasses in central Texas]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Journal of Range Management]]></source>
<year>1999</year>
<volume>52</volume>
<page-range>145-50</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B35">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<collab>SAS Institute</collab>
<source><![CDATA[SAS/STAT® 9.1 User&#8217;s Guide]]></source>
<year>2004</year>
<page-range>5121</page-range><publisher-loc><![CDATA[Cary, North Carolina, USA ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[SAS Institute Inc.]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B36">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Schlüter]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[U.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Muschak]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Berger]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[D.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Altmann]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[T.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Photosynthetic performance of an Arabidopsis mutant with elevated stomatal density (sdd1-1) under different light regimes]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Journal of Experimental Botany]]></source>
<year>2003</year>
<volume>54</volume>
<page-range>867-74</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B37">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Shirasawa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[K.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hirakawa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[H.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Nunome]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[T.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Tabata]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Isobe]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Genome&#8208;wide survey of artificial mutations induced by ethyl methanesulfonate and gamma rays in tomato]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Plant Biotechnology Journal]]></source>
<year>2016</year>
<volume>14</volume>
<page-range>51-60</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B38">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Tanaka]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Y]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sugano]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S. S.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Shimada]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[T.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hara-Nishimura]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[I.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Enhancement of leaf photosynthetic capacity through increased stomatal density in Arabidopsis]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[New Phytologist]]></source>
<year>2013</year>
<volume>198</volume>
<page-range>757-64</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B39">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Xi]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sun]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[L.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Qiu]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Liu]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Xu]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Shi]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[In vitro mutagenesis and identification of mutants via ISSR in lily (Lilium longiflorum)]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Plant Cell Reports]]></source>
<year>2012</year>
<volume>31</volume>
<page-range>1043-51</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B40">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Xu]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Z.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Zhou]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[G.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Responses of leaf stomatal density to water status and its relationship with photosynthesis in a grass]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Journal Experimental Botany]]></source>
<year>2008</year>
<volume>59</volume>
<page-range>3317-25</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B41">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Zhang]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[L.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Jeon]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Y. J.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Kang]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S. Y.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lee]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[G. J.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Genetic diversity of natural and artificial populations of model grass Brachypodium species evaluated by AFLP markers]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Horticulture, Environment, and Biotechnology]]></source>
<year>2012</year>
<volume>53</volume>
<page-range>143-50</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
</ref-list>
</back>
</article>
