Foliar Retention of Strontium-90 by Wheat
- 25 August 1961
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 134 (3478) , 559-560
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.134.3478.559
Abstract
Wheat harvested from the University of Maryland Agronomy Farm in June 1959 contained 20 to 50 micromicrocuries of strontium-90 per kilogram of grain. More than 90 percent of the strontium-90 came from deposition on aboveground plant parts, and less than 10 percent was taken up through the soil. About 1 to 2 percent of the strontium-90 fallout during the time the heads were exposed was retained in the grain.Keywords
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