"We were taking two approaches to get rid of those problems, one through mutation breeding. Through irradiation it's purely luck and probability, but it has worked. You irradiate the gene that say controls plant height, which is usually a single gene. It changes from a tall to short form and leaves all the other qualities intact," he said.
He said there was nothing to worry about over use of gamma rays. "It's not like it's radioactive. These are naturally occurring rays. This is the vehicle to change the DNA."
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