AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH PROGRAM. Semi-Annual Progress Report for July 1, 1957 to December 31, 1957
The program on seed and plant irradiation was continued with additional studies on the irradiation of pollen and plant material as a means of produciag mutations. Factors which influence the metabolism of cesium-134 and potassium-42 were studied in rats, sheep, and steers. Conventional and radiochemical procedures were employed in studies on the effect of stilbestrol on metabolism of calcium, phosphorus, and nitrogen in rats, sheep, lambs, and steers. The effects of irradiation on reproductive physiology were investigated in rats and cattle. Burros were exposed to the effects of prompt irradintion from a fission weapon detonation at the Nevada Test Site. Evaluation of the results is in progress. Data are reported on the response of burros previously exposed to lethal doses of whole-body irradiation. Cattle were exposed to five different doses of whole- body gamma irradiation in the median lethal range. Data are tabulated on the mortality response. A schematic sketch is included of a rotating-bead sample changer for liquid scintillation counting. (For preceding period see ORO-169.) (C.H.)
- Research Organization:
- Tennessee. Univ., Knoxville
- NSA Number:
- NSA-12-013661
- OSTI ID:
- 4312341
- Report Number(s):
- ORO-174
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ALCOHOLS
ANIMALS
BENZENE
BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
BODY
BURROS
CALCIUM
CATTLE
CESIUM 134
CHLOROFORM
CHROMATOGRAPHY
COPPER HYDROXIDES
CYTOLOGY
ETHYL RADICALS
GAMMA RADIATION
HORMONES
IMPREGNATION
INSTRUMENTS
IODINE 131
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
LETHAL DOSE
LIQUIDS
METABOLISM
MUTATIONS
NEVADA
NITROGEN
OLEIC ACID
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
PAPER
PHOSPHORUS
PHYSIOLOGY
PLANNING
PLANTS
POTASSIUM 42
PREPARATION
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIOCHEMISTRY
RADIOSENSITIVITY
RATS
REPRODUCTION
ROTATION
SAMPLING
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
SEEDS
SHEEP
STEELS
STILBENE
STILBESTROL
SURVIVAL TIME
TRIOLEIN