CUMULATIVE RADIATION EFFECTS ON SEXUAL REPRODUCTION IN PINE AND OAK
Trees in a natural pitch pine-oak forest have been exposed to varying amounts of low-level chronic gamma radiation for several years. Responses range from lethality to minute morphological changes, depending upon dose rate and species. The cumulative effects of low-level chronic gamma radiation on male and female flowers. pollen production. pollen germination and development of seedlings from seeds of irridiated mother trees are described. (C.H.)
- Research Organization:
- Yale Univ., New Haven. School of Forestry and Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, N.Y.
- NSA Number:
- NSA-17-002820
- OSTI ID:
- 4780104
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-6467
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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