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Disease-resistant cauliflower created through nuclear science
International Atomic Energy Agency researchers have helped scientists on the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius to develop a variety of cauliflower that is resistant to black rot disease. The cauliflower was developed through innovative radiation-induced plant-breeding techniques employed by the Joint Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture.
Yuriy A. Merkuliev, Sergey A. Startsev
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 31 | Number 4 | July 1997 | Pages 418-423
Technical Paper | Eleventh Target Fabrication Specialists' Meeting | doi.org/10.13182/FST97-A30795
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We have improved our existing models of microshell formation from solid polymer granules to include radial temperature and volatile component concentration gradients. In addition we have included the effects of polymer decomposition and ablation at elevated furnace temperatures and have shown that these processes act to limit the maximum temperature that the shell can obtain.
