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Induced Mutations in Plants

The intentional exposure of seeds to mutagens has produced many new characteristics for the intensified breeding of plants. This procedure has played an important part in the “green revolution”

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 224 Issue 1This article was originally published with the title “Induced Mutations in Plants” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 224 No. 1 (), p. 86
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0171-86