Hye Jin Kwon and Won-Sik Kong 1*
Doorae Institute of Environment-Friendly Agriculture, Seoul 137-850, Korea
1Applied Microbiology Division, National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, R.D.A., Suwon 441-707, Korea
Correspondence to wskong@rda.go.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) June 30, 2006, 34(1):34-38.
https://doi.org/10.4489/kjm.2006.34.1.034
(Received February 21, 2006)
Published: June 30, 2006.
Copyright © 2006 by The Korean Society of Mycology
To assess the effects of proton beam on radiation sensitivity of the basidiospore and mycelium of oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus), the D10 values and L50 (lethal 50%) values were analysed. By the proton beam radiation, the survival rate and germination rates increased at the dose of 10 Gy~100 Gy and then decreased significantly over 500 Gy. L50 values of basidiospore and mycelium of Pleurotus ostreatus were over 500 Gy and 400 Gy, respectively. D10 values were calculated from linear regression formulae (D10 = −1/slope(b), y = a + bx) as 750 Gy and 1,250 Gy, respectively. Based on our experiment, the optimum dose of proton beam as a mutation source would be between from 500 Gy to 750 Gy for basidiospores and from 400 Gy to 1000 Gy for mycelium of oyster mushroom.
Germination rate, Mutation, Oyster mushroom, Proton beam, Sensitivity