Claim · model-written summary
Survival increased with chromosome number in irradiated wheat.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivume1 - Treatment
- x rayse1
- Outcome
- percentage of survivale0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- chromosome numbere0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingValue
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The percentage of survival increased with an increase in chromosome number”
e1“Three varieties of wheat were treated with different dosages of x rays, beta particles from P/sup 32/ and S/sup 35/, and fast and thermal neutrons”
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)
- Intervention effect Pre-soaking increased mortality relative to dry-seed irradiation up to 22,000 r of x rays.
- Intervention effect Above 22,000 r of x rays, pre-soaking increased wheat survival.
- Method / resource Several improved bread wheat varieties were developed.