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["S & E Hills" <ehills7408@wowway.com>]

Title: Useful Mutants, Bred With Radiation (New York Times)

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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From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Brungardt, Sam
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 11:08 AM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
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&emc=th