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Is it possible to use such radiation for plant breeding purposes? Some of those modifications (like gigantism) could be useful. Yes. "Chemical mutagens like EM
by account90 13y ago
Is it possible to use such radiation for plant breeding purposes? Some of those modifications (like gigantism) could be useful.
Yes. "Chemical mutagens like EMS and DMS, radiation and transposons are used to generate mutants with desirable traits to be bred with other cultivars - a process known as Mutation Breeding." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_breeding http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_breeding
- Scaevolus 13y agoYes, it's very common. ~75% of rice grown in California descends from seeds exposed to gamma radiation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutation_breeding http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutation_breeding
- SFN 13y agoIn the 1950's, seeds were exposed to Cobalt-60 and then sold for people to plant and grow into whatever they were mutated into. It was called "atomic gardening". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_gardening https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_gardening