Can gamma rays used for crop improvement programmes prove to be harmful to health? Discuss.
This method has been used to produce a moong variety that is resistant to yellow mosaic virus and powdery mildew. This is good evidence that using Gamma rays for crop improvement is not harmful to health. Crop plants can be modified by gamma rays, and the resultant plants are immune to the negative effects of radiation. Humans are not exposed to gamma rays since the altered plants themselves do not release them.