Bugün öğrendim ki: popüler bir tür kırmızı greyfurt atomik bahçecilik tarafından yaratıldı: bitkilerin doğrudan radyoaktif kaynaklara maruz kaldığı bir mutasyon üreme şekli

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Form of mutation breeding where plants are exposed to radioactive sources in order to generate mutations [] (/wiki/File:AtomicGardeningMurielPlant.jpg) Former Atomic Gardening Society President Muriel Howorth shows popular garden writer [Beverley Nichols](/wiki/Beverley_Nichols "Beverley Nichols") a two-foot-high peanut plant grown from an irradiated nut in her own backyard. **Atomic gardening** is a form of [mutation breeding](/wiki/Mutation_breeding "Mutation breeding") where plants are exposed to radioactive sources, typically [cobalt-60](/wiki/Cobalt-60 "Cobalt-60" ),[1] in order to generate [mutations](/wiki/Mutation "Mutation"), some of which have turned out to be useful. The practice of plant irradiation has resulted in the development of over 2000 new varieties of plants, most of which are now used in agricultural production.[2] One example is the resistance to [verticillium wilt](/wiki/Verticillium_wilt "Verticillium wilt") of the "Todd's Mitcham"[3] cultivar of [peppermint](/wiki/Peppermint "Peppermint"), which was produced from a breeding and test program at [Brookhaven National Laboratory](/wiki/Brookhaven_National_Laboratory "Brookhaven National Laboratory") from the mid-1950s. Additionally, the [Rio Star Grapefruit](/wiki/Grapefruit