Achievements on Somoclonal Variations - Over a dozen varieties have been developed through the exploitation of somaclonal variation. 'Ono' variety of sugarcane is a Fiji disease resistant somaclone of the susceptible cultivar 'Pindar'; it was identified by screening plants regenerated from unselected calli. 'Ono' also shows an yield advantage over 'Pindar'. A sweet potato cultivar 'Scarlet' was selected from shoot-tip culture derived clones.

'Scarlet' is comparable to the parent cultivar in yield and disease resistance, but shows darker and more stable skin colour, which is a desirable quality trait. A geranium variety called 'Velvet Rose' is a somaclone of 'Rober's Lemon Rose'; the new variety has twice the chromosome number of the parent variety. An alfalfa variety called 'Sigma' is a polycross of selected somaclones.