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It would be nice to outline more of the history that shows the gradient we have gone through from selective breeding, to scientific plant breeding[1] to even ac
by X6S1x6Okd1st 9y ago
It would be nice to outline more of the history that shows the gradient we have gone through from selective breeding, to scientific plant breeding[1] to even accelerating mutations through radiation[2], one of my favorite fruits (ruby red rio star grapefruit) came from this! It's not just a handful of examples that have gone beyond selective breeding and occasional crosses and the efforts have only been increasing!
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_plant_breeding#Scientific_plant_breeding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_plant_breeding#Scie...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_gardening#cite_note-:0-2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_gardening#cite_note-:0-...