Published 1980 | Version v1
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Study of genetic effects in plants induced by natural radioactivity in southwest France

Creators

  • 1. Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France

Description

Southwest France has a number of radioactive areas with an average background rate ranging between 1 and 30 μrads/h. Reference response curves were established for the α1+/α1 α2+/α2 system of tobacco in the artificially radioactive site of the French Atomic Energy Commission at Cadarache (137Cs); the response was found to be linear between 10 μrads/h (background) and 1 rad/h. The response of the system, together with that of the waxy system in Barley, was then studied over natural uranous sites in the Permian Basin of Lodeve (Herault) and the area of Lagravette

Additional details

Additional titles

Augmented title (English)
Tobacco; barley

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Natural radiation environment III
Journal Page Range
p. 1072-1076.
Report number
CONF-780422--(Vol.2)

Conference

Title
Conference on natural radiation environment III.
Dates
23 - 28 Apr 1978.
Place
Houston, TX, USA.

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
12618512
Subject category
S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BARLEY; CESIUM 137; CHRONIC IRRADIATION; FRANCE; GAMMA RADIATION; GENE MUTATIONS; GENETIC RADIATION EFFECTS; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; REVERTANTS; TOBACCO
Descriptors DEC
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; CEREALS; CESIUM ISOTOPES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EUROPE; GENETIC EFFECTS; GRAMINEAE; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; IONIZING RADIATIONS; IRRADIATION; ISOTOPES; MUTANTS; MUTATIONS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; PLANTS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATIONS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES