Mutation Research
In, we discussed the use of cell culture in induction and selection of mutations. The use of haploids provide with the following additional advantages in mutation reseach : (i) Due to the presence of only one set of chromosomes, even the recessive mutations are immediately expressed in haploids (unlike diploids, where the recessive mutations express only in segregating single plant progenies grown in M₂ generation). (ii) Pollens can be plated on solid medium like single cells and therefore much bigger populations can be screened in the laboratory, without initially growing the plants in the field.