The assessment and feasibility of breeding study in Iris persica by gamma-ray

The effect of gamma rays was studied on the feasibility of breeding the Iris persica L. The experimental design was a randomized complete block  design with 4 replications in a farm located in the Khorramdarreh city and Biotechnology Institute of Zanjan since 2012 to 2014 years. In this experiment, were investigated the morphological, physiological, biochemical and cytogenetic changes. LD50 were determined 15 Gy for Iris persica plant and 22Gy for pollen grain. Increase physical mutagen dose of5 Gy of gamma radiation was to cause morphological changes in the plant, flowers were opened 12days earlier than control, and the tendency towards were higher bright blue flowers compared to other treatments and control (white flowers).Also in this treatment was observed petals a significant increase in the accumulation of anthocyanins and total flavonoids. With the increasein gamma radiationto25 Gy was observed the significant decrease in morphological characteristics, But by increasing the dose of physical mutagen, a significant increase was observed in the accumulation of carotenoids in the petals, total chlorophyll, proline, carbohydrate and polyphenol oxidase activity, also, by increasing the dose of gamma rays observed a significant reduction in the length of chromosome and significantly lower the percentage of TF, and were increase the percentage of abnormal chromosomes, and chromosomal abnormality were observed includes Bridge and Isolated. According to the results, 5 Gy dose had significant effect to breeding Iris persica and can be considered for revision and plant breeding.