1. Adamu, A.K. and H. Aliyu. 2007. Morphological effects of sodium azide on tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill). Sciance World Journal, 2: 9-12. [
DOI:10.4314/swj.v2i4.51755]
2. Ahmad Khan, S., L. Rahman, R. Verma and K. Shanker. 2016. Physical and chemical mutagenesis in Stevia rebaudiana: variant generation with higher UGT expression and glycosidic profile but with low photosynthetic capabilities. Acta Physiol Plant, 38: 4 pp. [
DOI:10.1007/s11738-015-2003-8]
3. Ali, A.A., A.A. Aboshosha, M.K. Kassem, I. Eman and A.N. EL-Banna. 2015. Salinity Tolerance and Stevioside Improvement of in Vitro Selected Stevia (Stevia rebaudiana B.) Mutants. International Journal of Current Research in Biosciences and Plant Biology, 2: 2-11.
4. Borzouei, A., M. Kafi, R. Sayahi, E. Rabiei and P. Sayad. 2013. Biochemical response of two wheat cultivars (Triticum aestivum L.) to gamma radiation. Pakistan Journal Botany, 45: 473-477.
5. Chang, C., M. Yang, H. Wen and J. Chern. 2002. Estimation of total flavonoid content in propolis by two complementary colorimetric methods. Journal Food Drug Analaysis, 10: 178-182.
6. Costa de Camargo, A., T.M. Ferreira de Souza Vieira, M.A.B. Regitano-D Arce, M.A. Calori- Domingues and S.G. Canniatti-Brazaca. 2012. Gamma radiation effects on peanut skin antioxidants. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 13: 3073-3084. [
DOI:10.3390/ijms13033073]
7. El-beltagi, H.S., O.K. Ahmed and W. EL-desouky. 2011. Effect of low doses gamma irradiation on oxidative stress and secondary metabolites production of rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) callus culture. Radiation Physics and Chemistry Journal, 80: 968-976. [
DOI:10.1016/j.radphyschem.2011.05.002]
8. Fang, J.Y. 2011. In Vitro Mutation Induction of Saintpaulia Using Ethyl Methanesulfonate. Hort Science, 46: 981-984. [
DOI:10.21273/HORTSCI.46.7.981]
9. Harrison, K. and L.M. Were. 2007. Effect of gamma irradiation on total phenolic content yield and antioxidant capacity of Almond skin extracts. Food Chemistry, 102: 932-937. [
DOI:10.1016/j.foodchem.2006.06.034]
10. Heath, R.L. and L. Packer. 1968. Photoperoxidation in isolated chloroplast, kinetics and stoichiometry of fatty acid peroxidation. Archives in Biochemistry and Biophysic, 125: 189-198. [
DOI:10.1016/0003-9861(68)90654-1]
11. Helaly, M.N.M. and A.M.R. Hanan El-hosieny. 2011. Effectiveness of gamma irradiated protoplasts on improving salt tolerance of Lemon (Citrus limon L.). American Journal of plant physiology, 6: 190-208. [
DOI:10.3923/ajpp.2011.190.208]
12. Jain, S.M. 2006. Mutation-assisted breeding in ornamental plant improvement. Acta Horticulturae, 714: 85-98. [
DOI:10.17660/ActaHortic.2006.714.10]
13. Khalil, S.A., N. Ahmad and R. Zamir. 2015. Gamma radiation induced variation in growth characteristics and production of bioactive compounds during callogenesis in Stevia rebaudiana Bert.). New Negatives in Plant Science, 1: 1-5 [
DOI:10.1016/j.neps.2015.06.002]
14. Khalil, S.A., R. Zamir and N. Ahmad. 2014. Effect of different propagation techniques and gama irradiation on major steviol glycoside's content in stevia rebaudiana. The Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences, 24: 1743-1751.
15. Lee, S.Y., J.I. Cheong and T.S. Kim. 2003. Production of doubled haploids through another culture of M1 rice plants derived from mutagenized fertilized egg cells. Plant Cell Reports, 22: 218-223. [
DOI:10.1007/s00299-003-0663-0]
16. Mamta, P.R., P. Vijaylata, G. Arvind, S. Bikram, K.B. Ravinder and T. Rupinder. 2010. Stimulatory effect of phosphate-solubilizing bacteria on plant growth, stevioside and rebaudioside-A contents of stevia rebaudiana Bertoni. Applied Soil Ecology, 46: 222-229. [
DOI:10.1016/j.apsoil.2010.08.008]
17. McCready, R.M., J. Guggolz, V. Silviera and H.S. Owens. 1950. Determination of starch and amylase in vegetables. Analytical chemistry, 22: 1156-1158. [
DOI:10.1021/ac60045a016]
18. Mita, S., N. Murano, M. Akaike and K. Nakamura. 1997. Mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana with pleiotropic effects on the expression of the gene for beta-amylase and on the accumulation of anthocyanin that are inducible by sugars. Plant Journal, 11: 841-851. [
DOI:10.1046/j.1365-313X.1997.11040841.x]
19. Mondaca, L., A. Galve, L. Bravo and K. Hen. 2012 .Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni source of a high-potency natural Swetener: A comprehensive review on the biochemical, nutritional and functional aspects. Food chemistry, 132: 1121-1132. [
DOI:10.1016/j.foodchem.2011.11.140]
20. Mulabagal, V. and H.S. Tsay. 2004. Plant cell cultures-an alternative and efficient source for the production of biologically important secondary metabolites. International Journal of Applied Science and Engineering, 2: 29-48.
21. Sivaram, L. and U. Mukundan. 2003. In vitro Culture study on stevia rebaudiana. In Vitro Cellular and Development Biology of plant, 39: 520-523. [
DOI:10.1079/IVP2003438]
22. Suk, J.E., L.H. Hwa, K.J. Sung and S. Young. 2005. Effects of low dose γ-ray irradiation on antioxidant activity of seeds and seedling growth in Raphanus sativus L. Korean Journal of Horticultural Science & Technology, 23: 245-249.
23. Taware, A.S., D.S. Mukadam, A.M. Chavan and S.D. Tawar. 2010. Comparative studies of in vitro and in vivo grown plants and callus of Stevia rebaudiana(Bertoni). International Journal Integrative Biology, 9: 10-15.
24. Tripathi, L. and J.N. Tripathi. 2003. Role of biotechnology in medicinal plants. Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, 2: 243-253. [
DOI:10.4314/tjpr.v2i2.14607]
25. Van harten, A.M. 1998. Mutation breeding: Theory and practical applications. Cambridge University Press, London, U.K. 22 pp.
26. Velikova, V., I. Yordannw and A. Edreva. 2000. Oxidative stressand some oxidant system in acid rain-treated bean plants. Protective role of exogenous polyamine Plant Science, 115: 59-66. [
DOI:10.1016/S0168-9452(99)00197-1]
27. Zhu, B., A. Gu, X. Deng, Y. Geng and Z. Lu. 1995. Effects of caffeine or EDTA post-treatment on EMS mutagenesis in soybean. Mutation Research, 334: 157-159. [
DOI:10.1016/0165-1161(95)90006-3]