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Title: Relation between mutation yield and cell lethality over a wide range of x ray and fission neutron doses in maize

Conference ·
OSTI ID:4387250

From effects of neutron irradiation upon cell function; Neuherberg, F. R. Germany (22 Oct 1973). Seeds of maize were exposed to x rays at a dose rate of 1658 to 1845 rad/min; other seeds were exposed to fission neutrons at a dose rate of 27.5 to 198 rad/min. The irradiated seeds and controls were sown in moist soil. When mature the fourth and fifth seedling leaves were harvested and scored for frequency of yellow-green sectors. Tables and graphs are presented to show dose-response data for frequency of yellow-green sectors per leaf, frequency of mutations as a function of absorbed dose, neutron-induced yield of mutations and RBE of neutrons in comparison to x radiation. (HLW)

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, N.Y. (USA); Columbia Univ., New York (USA)
NSA Number:
NSA-29-005307
OSTI ID:
4387250
Report Number(s):
BNL-18250; CONF-731038-3; SM-179-28
Resource Relation:
Conference: Effects of neutron irradiation upon cell function, Neuherberg, F.R. Germany, 22 Oct 1973; Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 30-JUN-74
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English