Description(ATM:PCE:AGR:IND*). INDIA TESTS The USES OF ATOMIC ENERGY IN PLANTBREEDING. UN 80163 New Delhi, October 1962. India is one of the countries studying the uses of atomic energy in the growth of plants and in 1955 set up a special Radiotracer Laboratory at its Agricultural Research Institute for experimentation. Experiments in radiation are carried out at the Laboratory in order to determine the effects of radioactivity on soils and fertilizers in relation to plant breeding. A plank drawn by oxen levels and soil in the Gamma Gardens of the Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. Please credit: UNITED NATIONS PB/mh