Table 6.

Mutation frequencies and ploidy levels in different published EMS plant populations

Model	Ploidy level	EMS concentration (%)	Frequency of mutation	Source
Linum usitatissimum L.	2x	-0.3, 0.6, 0.75%	-1/41 kb
Triticum monococcum	2x	-0.24%	-1/92 kb	[32]
Triticum aestivum L.	6x	-0.8%	-1/47 kb	[31]
		-0.6, 0.9%	N.A	[56]
		-0.9%	-1/38 Kb	[57]
		-0.5, 0.6, 0.7%	-1/25 Kb	[58]
		-0.75, 1%	-1/24 Kb	[59]
Triticum durum	4x	-0.7%	-1/51 Kb	[57]
		-0.75%	-1/40 Kb	[59]
Brassica napus L.	4x	-0.5, 0.8, 1, 1.2%	-from 1/12 to 1/22 kb	[60]
		-1%	-from 1/27 to 1/60 kb
		-0.3%	1/130.8 kb	[61]
		-0.6%	1/41.5 kb
Brassica rapa	2x	-0.3, 0.4%	1/60 Kb	[62]
Brassica oleracea	2x	-0.4%	-1/447 Kb	[63]
Solanum lycopersicum	2x	-0.5%	-1/1 710 kb	[30]
		- 1.0%	-1/737 kb
		-0.7%	-1/574 Kb	[53]
		- 1%	-1/322 Kb
		-1%	-1/737 Kb	[64]
Cucumis melo L.	2x	-1%	-1/1500 Kb	[65]
		-1.5, 2%	-1/573 Kb	[66]
Heliantus annus L.	2x	-0.7%	-1/475 Kb	[67]
Arachis hypogaea	4x	-0.4, 1.2%	-1/967 Kb	[68]
Arabidopsis thaliana	2x	-0.2%	-1/415 Kb	[69]
		-Between 0.25 and 0.5%	-1/89 Kb	[55]
		-0.25, 0.5%	-1/300 Kb	[40]
		-Between 0.25 and 0.56 %	-1/180 Kb	[54]
Avena sativa	6x	-0.9%	-1/30 kb	[70]
Glycine max L. Merr.	2x	-0.2, 0.15%	-1/485 Kb	[41]
Lotus japonicus	2x	N.A	-1/502 Kb	[71]
Hordeum vulgare L.	2x	-Between 0.25 and 0.75 %	-1/500 Kb	[72]
Medicago trunculata	2x	-0.15%	-1/400 Kb	[73]
Sorghum bicolor	2x	-Between 0.1 and 0.3%	-1/526 kb	[74]
Pisum sativum	2x	-0.25%	-1/200 kb	[37]
		-0.05%	-1/669 Kb	[25]
Oriza sativa	2x	-1.5%	-1/294 Kb	[75]
		-0.8, 1%	-1/2 000 Kb	[76]
		-1.6%	-1/1 000 Kb
Hordeum vulgare L.	2x	-0.25, 0.4	-1/1 000 Kb	[77]