Table 1 Major mutant phenotypes recovered by visual screening of the TILLING population at the seedling stage
From: Development and evaluation of a cucumber TILLING population
Phenotype | No. of families displaying phenotype | Description | Representative family |
|---|---|---|---|
Seedling lethality | 19 | Seedling dies, or fails to develop a root after germination | 144, 157 |
Dwarf | 10 | Cotyledons smaller, short hypocotyl | 422 |
Necrotic lesions | 15 | Spontaneous necrotic spots appear on cotyledons | 38 |
Albino | 3 | White cotyledons | 164 |
Yellow leaf | 7 | True leaves pale-green or yellow, or mosaic green and yellow | 218 |
Tall seedlings | 5 | Hypocotyl >2 cm taller than wild type | 180 |
Glabrous | 1 | Cotyledons lack trichomes | 16 |
Non-serrated leaf | 3 | Leaf edge appears smooth | 189 |
Dark, narrow cotyledon | 1 | Dark green, narrow cotyledons | 411 |
Fused cotyledons | 1 | Cotyledons fused together | 714 |
Small leaf | 7 | True leaf very small | 17 |
Distorted leaf/cotyledon | 5 | Irregular organ shape | 160, 213 |
Total mutants/ families screened | 77/768 |