Effect of atmospheric fluoride on respiration of bush beans

Journal Article · Wed Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1960 · Bot. Gaz. (Chicago); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1086/336074· OSTI ID:5405299

Applegate, H G; Adams, D F

The oxygen uptake in bush-bean plants in accelerated when the plants are exposed to atmospheric fluoride at concentration levels below those inducing visible foliar symptoms of fluorosis. Under the environmental conditions used in this experiment, fluoride uptake of bean plants given a 24-hour fumigation just prior to the day of sampling was relatively constant from the eighth to the twentieth days of growth. Similar plants fumigated continuously from planting until harvest showed steadily increasing amounts of tissue fluoride because of the greater duration of exposure. Under the 24-hour fumigation the daily rate of fluoride accumulation tended to increase until after the plants had emerged and then remained relatively constant; under continuous fumigation the rate tended to increase throughout. 26 references, 2 figures, 2 tables.

• Research Organization: Washington State Univ., Pullman
• OSTI ID: 5405299
• Journal Information: Bot. Gaz. (Chicago); (United States), Journal Name: Bot. Gaz. (Chicago); (United States) Vol. 121; ISSN BOGAA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

560303* -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology-- Plants-- (-1987)
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
ELEMENTS
FLUORIDES
FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
LEGUMINOSAE
NONMETALS
OXYGEN
PHASEOLUS
PLANTS
RESPIRATION
STIMULATION
UPTAKE