Claim · model-written summary
Pre-soaking increased mortality relative to dry-seed irradiation up to 22,000 r of x rays.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivume1 - Treatment
- Pre-soaking in watere0
- Outcome
- mortalitye0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Qualifier
- up to a dosage of 22,000 r of x rayse0
- Comparator
- irradiation of dry seedse0
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Verbatim
e0“Pre-soaking in water led to an increase in mortality as compared to the irradiation of dry seeds up to a dosage of 22,000 r of x rays”
e1“Three varieties of wheat were treated”
Title
POLYPLOIDY, RADIOSENSITIVITY AND MUTATION FREQUENCY IN WHEATS
A.T. Natarajan; S. M. Sikka; Swaminathan OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) 1959
Other claims from this paper (3)
- Association Survival increased with chromosome number in irradiated wheat.
- Intervention effect Above 22,000 r of x rays, pre-soaking increased wheat survival.
- Method / resource Several improved bread wheat varieties were developed.