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Nuclear Explained - Food and agriculture
What is Mutation Breeding?
Plant mutation breeding,?also called variation breeding,?is a method that uses physical radiation or chemical means to induce spontaneous genetic variation in plants to Read more →
What are Isotopes?
Like everything we see in the world, isotopes are a type of atom, the smallest unit of matter that retains all the chemical properties of an element. Isotopes are forms of a chemical element with specific properties. Read more →
Nuclear Explained – Developing New Plant Varieties for Food Security, Biodiversity and Sustainable Ecosystems
Nuclear technologies are helping countries around the world achieve development objectives, including many of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Read more →
Using Nuclear Science to Boost Plant Biodiversity
For more than 80 years, mutation breeding has been a fundamental and highly successful tool in the global efforts to feed an ever increasing and nutritiously demanding population. Read more →
Using Nuclear Science to Control Pests
For over 50 years, the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) has been successfully used around the world to tackle pests that destroy fruit and kill livestock. The method uses radiation to sterilize male flies, which are mass-produced in rearing facilities. Read more →
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