Morning Glories: MG in SPACE , 1 by dany12

dany12 wrote:
In total 6000 seeds will be distributed because they are 3 groups.
2000 seeds coming from space. 6 months of exposure to cosmic radiation.
2000 seeds which remained on a earth and used as control sample .
2000 seeds irradiated on earth in the cyclotron RIKEN in Bimufakutori - short =RI (radio - isotope)

The purpose of this program is to measure the effect of spacial radiation on the seeds and establish a basis for comparison.

They chose seeds because they have a high tolerance to environmental factors like radiation, temperature, drought and time .
These plants have a sexual reproduction with pairs of genes (diploid)
The variety chosen is a purple MG - stable and I guess well known.