Atomic gardening
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Atomic gardening is a form of mutation breeding where plants are exposed to radiation. Some of the mutations produced thereby have turned out to be useful. Typically this is gamma radiation – in which
Former Atomic Gardening Society President Muriel Howorth shows popular garden writer Beverley Nichols a two-foot-high (61 cm) peanut plant grown from an irradiated nut in her own backyard.
Mutation breeding
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Mutation breeding, sometimes referred to as "variation breeding", is the process of exposing seeds to chemicals, radiation, or enzymes in order to generate mutants with desirable traits to be bred wit
Atomic gardening
…Atomic gardening is a form of mutation breeding where plants are exposed to radiation. Some of the mutations produced thereby have turned out to be useful. Typically this is gamma radiation – in which…
An expert holds sorghum seeds that spent about five months on the International Space Station as part of a research project to explore the effects of cosmic radiation and harsh space conditions on genetic mutation in crops.