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Scandinavian mutation research in barley - a historical review.
Hereditas - 1 Dec 2014
Lundqvist Udda
Abstract excerpt
In 1928, the Swedish geneticists Hermann Nilsson-Ehle and Åke Gustafsson started on their suggestion experiments with induced mutations using the barley crop. In 1953, at the instigation of the Swedish Government, the 'Group for Theoretical and Applied Mutation Research' was established. Its aim was to study basic research problems in order to influence and improve methods for breeding cultivated plants. The...
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