The mutation of a gene that leads to the improvement of traits in a well-adapted existing cultivar or the derivation of a new cultivar from a mutant has currently been the basis of induced germplasm enhancement technology. In determining the value of a derived mutant cultivar, based on the area planted to the cultivar or from the value of the crop produced or processed into a product, it must be recognized that this value includes the contributionof many other genes introduced with recombination-based breeding as well as agronomic inputs, costs of packaging and processing.Themutantgeneshaveaddeda significant partofthisvalue.However,inmanycases,themutated gene has been the primary trigger in enhancing the value of a cultivaror a new crop. The transfer of some mutated genes created synergistic effects far beyond thechangedmutanttrait.Forexample,thechangedoil profile of sunflower and rapeseed has led to a massive increase in the area planted to these crops.