Color Sports of Apples Induced by Radiation
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https://doi.org/10.71318/apom.1959.14.2.37Abstract
In an earlier report published in this journal in 1954 (Vol. 9 No. 2), it was shown that the use of X-rays could induce sectorial fruit color changes in apples—changes which because of the market demand for red color were potentially of considerable practical value if they could be obtained as complete sports. Since then, further results of this research (Bishop, 1957, 1958) have indicated that in a small number of cases complete color changes may result. As these are types which may have some commercial value, the sort of changes which can be expected from radiation treatment of somatic tissue is of considerable interest to the fruit breeder.
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