Article
Biological effects of radionuclides on plants.
Biology bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Akademiia nauk SSSR - 1 Jan 2000
Prister B S, Kal'chenko V A, Polyakova V I, Shevchenko V A, Shein G P, Aleksakhin R M
Abstract excerpt
On the basis of analysis of the literature and personal data, principles of dosimetry were determined and an analysis was given of biological effects of radionuclides on plants when administered aerially and by root. A comparison was made of radiosensitivity of barley and dependence of sensitivity on the growth phase of the plant at the time of irradiation with a standard LD50 and UD50. The possibility of using...
Topics
- Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
- Edible Grain
- Electrons
- Hordeum
- Mutation
- Radiation Tolerance
- Radioactive Fallout
- Uranium
- Yttrium Radioisotopes