射线能使植物细胞中引起不可逆的变異(所谓突变)。细胞变異后便在植物组织的形成和个别器官的形成上萌有变異了的新陈代谢类型。它有时可能会反应在形态特征的改变上, 如果产生变異的是萌有有机体新一代的细胞,那么变異将会遗传下去。 在射线所引起的突变中,能出现一定百分率的有利变異,对品种的改善是有实践价值的。 Rays can cause irreversible variations in plant cells (so-called mutations). After the cells have mutated, there are mutated metabolic types in plant tissue formation and individual organ formation. It may sometimes respond to changes in morphological features, and mutations will be inherited if a new generation of cells that spawn in the organism is mutated. In the mutation caused by radiation, there can be a certain percentage of favorable variation, which is of practical value for the improvement of variety.