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Any attempt at plant improvement requires genetic variability. Ancient ‘breeders’ resorted to the genetic variants provided by nature and selected among them those that more suited their desire in terms of fruit or grain size, taste, ease of harvest, suitability for storage, yield, etc. Resistance to biotic attacks and tolerance to abiotic stresses were also selected. This is how domestication began more than 10000 years ago, departing from the rigid requirement of fitness dominating natural evolution, and adapting certain suitable plant species more and more to the increasingly artificial conditions of man-made habitats (FAO/IAEA, 1988).
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Micke, A., Donini, B. (1993). Induced mutations. In: Hayward, M.D., Bosemark, N.O., Romagosa, I., Cerezo, M. (eds) Plant Breeding. Plant Breeding Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1524-7_5
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