colchicine used to improve vegetable crops

[klevin]

Peter J. Walker wrote:
> 
> 
> Aspirin or coffee act very differently, inducing point mutations at the
> nucleotide level. In this case, the induced mutations are essentially
> random and you would need to select those strains that carry a desirable
> trait.
>

You may want to check your sources -  the claims that coffee is
mutagenic date back a few decades and are not now believed to be
valid...

Ken Levin