Mutations in Flax Rust Induced by Ultraviolet Radiation

2 November 1956

journal article
research article
Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 124 (3227) , 888-889
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.124.3227.888

Abstract

Exposure of uredospores of Melampsora lini for 10 minutes to a 30-w. ultraviolet tube induced mutations in genes for pathogenicity from avirulence to virulence.