There are postings of this kind from time to time; the answer is
negative, I'm afraid. The kind of chemicals or treatments that induce
mutations with a high frequency are pretty dangerous because they will
mutate you - not a good idea. Also getting something interesting would
require you to look at lots of mutants - mostly they are just screwed up
plants. If you want mutated plants you can buy mutagenised arabidopsis
seed from Lehle Seeds in the United States, and there may be other
sources of mutated material available for school teaching purposes. If
you are only interested in a source of genetic variability, then there
are numerous plant germplasm collections with all sorts of weird and
wonderful mutants available.
all the best,
jeremy Harbinson
pandm wrote:
> I am doing a project for Biology, involving the artificially induced
> mutation of a house plant. I have heard of several complex chemical,
> as well as physical, mutation techniques,but simply need a simple,
> proven method to induce any random, visible mutation. Even a decent
> book on the subject would be helpful, my school library is quite
> lame.Any help at all will be appreciated, and I'll surely compensate
> you for your time and or resources.Thanks Paul D.
> Ferndale High School
