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EFFECT OF IONIZING RADIATION ON FOREST TREES--ITS GENETIC AND CYTOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS. Progress Report, June 1, 1961-May 31, 1963

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4695339
Progress is reported in a study of the effects of ionizing radiation on the reproductive process and survival of forest trees. Data are presented from studies on tue effect of low level chronic gamma irradiation on a pitch pine- oak forest. It was shown that the initiation of reproductive primordia in Pinus rigida, Quercus ilicifolia, Quercus alba, and Quercus coccinea is not unusually sensitive to irradiation. Spring flushing and growth were retarded in irradiated seedlings of Pinus rigda. Preliminary data are included from a study of the effects of chronic gamma radiation at doses ranging from normal background to 840 r/day delivered during a 18 to 20 hr exposure on a terrestrial ecosystem and its components. (C.R.)
Research Organization:
Yale Univ., New Haven. School of Forestry
NSA Number:
NSA-17-031854
OSTI ID:
4695339
Report Number(s):
TID-19067
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English