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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig of the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Germany who has spent 28 years studying mutation genetics in plants said:
"These researchers thought the time had come to revolutionize the traditional method of breeding plants and animals. They thought that by inducing and selecting favorable mutations, they could produce new and better plants and animals".
"By the 1980's, the hopes and euphoria among scientists had ended in worldwide failure. Mutation breeding as a separate branch of research was abandoned in Western countries. Almost all the mutants exhibited 'negative selection values', that is, they died or were weaker than wild varieties".
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