AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH PROGRAM. Semi-Annual Progress Report for January 1, 1957 to June 30, 1957

Technical Report · Fri Oct 31 04:00:00 EST 1958

OSTI ID:4350633

Seventy-eight samples were irradiated at the plant and seed irradiation facility, including 67 seed samples; bud wood of peach, chestnut, and grape; johnsongrass rhizomes; and sweetpotato roots. Pre-packaged irradiated barley seed and a mimeographed information letter, were prepared for distribution to high school science classes. The program is included for a symposium on Radiation in Plant Breeding held at Oak Ridge in January, 1958. Date are included from the following studies: factors controlling the meteboilsm of cesium and strontium in both plants and animals; the metabolism of calcium and strontium in rats; factors affecting the metabolism of calcium and phosphorus in lambs; radiation effects on reproductive physiology in cattle and rats; the relationship of survival time and burros, and cattle; and a comparision of radium and strontium-90 toxicity in sheep. A list of publications during the period is included. (For prcceding period see ORO-163.) (C.H.)

• Research Organization: Tennessee. Univ., Knoxville
• NSA Number: NSA-12-008251
• OSTI ID: 4350633
• Report Number(s): ORO-169
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

AGRICULTURE-- BARLEY-- CEREALS-- CESIUM-- FRUIT-- IRRADIATION-- METABOLISM-- PLANTS-- POTATOES-- ROOTS-- SAMPLING-- SEEDS-- STRONTIUM-- VEGETABLES
ANIMALS-- BIBLIOGRAPHY-- BODY-- CALCIUM-- CATTLE-- GAMMA RADIATION-- LETHAL DOSE-- PHOSPHORUS-- PHYSIOLOGY-- RADIUM-- RATS-- REPRODUCTION-- TOXICITY
BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE