Rice stalk has many empty hulls due to effects of A-bomb radiation exposure

An illuminated rice stalk is found to have many empty hulls, as pictured on Oct. 20, 2015, because it was grown from seeds deriving from those collected in Nagasaki in 1945 after the atomic bombing of the southwestern Japanese city. It shows the lingering effects of radiation causing chromosomal aberration. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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