MUTATIONS IN AGRICULTURAL PLANTS

A ~L E R on induced mutations is fundamental T also to plant-breeding. Y& STADLER takes up an almost negative position in regard to their practical h l u e . ))But rare favourable mutation is likely to be accompapied by unfavourable mutations induced by the same treatment (1930,Jp. 181 . . , The result is a plant heterozygous for several genes, most1 (Even so late as 1943