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- Title
The consequences of chronic radiation exposure of scots pine in the remote period after the chernobyl accident.
- Authors
Geras'kin, S.; Dikareva, N.; Oudalova, A.; Vasil'ev, D.; Volkova, P.
- Abstract
Long-term observations on Scots pine populations (2003-2012) were performed in areas of Bryansk region radioactively contaminated by the Chernobyl fallout. Throughout the observation period, the frequency of cytogenetic alterations in the root meristem of germinated seeds of pine trees from radioactively contaminated test sites significantly exceeded the control level. Seeds developing under chronic radiation exposure were characterized by high interannual variation in viability. The quality of the seeds and their resistance to additional γ-irradiation showed no definite relationship with the level of radioactive contamination in the site and the radiation dose absorbed by the generative organs of Scots pine.
- Subjects
CHERNOBYL Nuclear Accident, Chornobyl, Ukraine, 1986; SCOTS pine; DELAYED radiation effects; RADIOACTIVE contamination; SEED quality; ABSORBED dose; PLANTS
- Publication
Russian Journal of Ecology, 2016, Vol 47, Issue 1, p26
- ISSN
1067-4136
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1134/S1067413616010057