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- Title
Radiation and quality of human life.
- Authors
Sheth, Parul R.
- Abstract
The article focuses on the use of nuclear technology in agriculture and crop production to provide a quality life to Indian people. It informs that the genetic variability of plant can be enhanced using radiation effects and which may be utilized for the production of new variety of crops having disease resistance and increased crop yield. It discusses the sterile insect technique in which radiation is used to make pests sterile and these pests have no progeny in future.
- Subjects
INDIA; RADIOISOTOPES in agriculture; AGRICULTURAL productivity; DISEASE resistance of plants; CROP yields; PEST control
- Publication
Current Science (00113891), 2013, Vol 105, Issue 5, p571
- ISSN
0011-3891
- Publication type
Article