[NAFEX] Useful Mutants, Bred With Radiation (New York Times)

S & E Hills ehills7408 at wowway.com
Tue Aug 28 23:04:48 EDT 2007


I don't recall the source, but I recall reading that new varieties of
African Violets were bred using seeds that had been taken into space and
exposed to solar radiation.

 

Scott Hills

 

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[mailto:nafex-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Brungardt, Sam
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Subject: [NAFEX] Useful Mutants, Bred With Radiation (New York Times)

 

 

Some of you may find this story disturbing, but I found it interesting and
informative even though the writer described Japanese pears as a cross
between apples and pears. -- Sam Brungardt, St. Paul, Minn.

Useful Mutants, Bred With Radiation 
Public fears aside, scientists mimic nature's genetic scrambling to  bolster
fruits and vegetables, as well as beer and whiskey.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/28/science/28crop.html?th
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/28/science/28crop.html?th&emc=th> &emc=th 

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