X-Ray
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: X-Ray
- From: M* D* C*
- Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 21:20:47 -0500
>Can anyone give me information on inducing Variegation in Hostas or any
>other genus by x-ray or other means?
>
Hi, Beth. When I was on the AHS Robin, a man who was either a dentist or a
friend of a dentist said he had used a dental X-ray machine in an effort to
induce mutations in hostas, to no effect. There is another way to use
radiation more successfully, but I don't know what it is.
Sheila Smith
mikecook@pipeline.com
Niles, MI USA, Z 5/6
