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

From: "Brungardt, Sam" <Sam.Brungardt@state.mn.us>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [NAFEX] Useful Mutants, Bred With Radiation (New York Times)
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:07:37 -0500

Title: 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&emc=th

[NAFEX] Useful Mutants, Bred With Radiation (New York Times), Brungardt, Sam, 08/28/2007
- Re: [NAFEX] Useful Mutants, Bred With Radiation (New York Times), Michael Nave, 08/28/2007
- Re: [NAFEX] Useful Mutants, Bred With Radiation (New York Times), S & E Hills, 08/28/2007
  - Re: [NAFEX] Useful Mutants, Bred With Radiation (New York Times), Ginda Fisher, 08/29/2007
    - Re: [NAFEX] Useful Mutants, Bred With Radiation (New York Times), Lon J. Rombough, 08/29/2007
- Re: [NAFEX] Useful Mutants, Bred With Radiation (New York Times), Ginda Fisher, 08/29/2007
  - Re: [NAFEX] Useful Mutants, Bred With Radiation (New York Times), Lon J. Rombough, 08/29/2007
  - Re: [NAFEX] Useful Mutants, Bred With Radiation (New York Times), Doug Woodard, 08/30/2007
    - Re: [NAFEX] Useful Mutants, Bred With Radiation (New York Times), Lon J. Rombough, 08/30/2007