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  • From: "Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] mutating trifoliate
  • Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 18:01:17 -0800

Title: Re: [NAFEX] mutating trifoliate
Microwave isn't effective as a mutagen.  It generates heat in the cells and kills them rather than causing mutations in the chromosomes.  You either need a radiation source or a chemical mutagen.  The latter can be more effective, but I really don't recommend them, since the best ones are also sure-fire cancer causers if you get them on you.
-Lon Rombough


Very interesting, i hadn't thought of inducing mutation.  A few articles
have talked about microwaving seeds on low power which causes them to
grow faster supposedly.  Could microwaving cause mutation?  



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