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CUMULATIVE RADIATION EFFECTS ON SEXUAL REPRODUCTION IN PINE AND OAK

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4780104· OSTI ID:4780104

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