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Variation in alpha radioactivity of plants with the use of different fertilizers and radon measurement in fertilized soil samples

BACKGROUND: People are exposed to ionizing radin from the radionuclides that are present in different types of natural sources, of which phosphate fertilizer is one of the most important sources. Fertilizers are commonly used in agricultural field worldwide to enhance the crop yield. MATERIALS AND M...

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Autores principales: Chauhan, Pooja, Chauhan, Rishi Pal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3999460/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24812584
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2052-336X-12-70
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description BACKGROUND: People are exposed to ionizing radin from the radionuclides that are present in different types of natural sources, of which phosphate fertilizer is one of the most important sources. Fertilizers are commonly used in agricultural field worldwide to enhance the crop yield. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In the present investigation, a control study was carried out on the lady’s finger plants grown in earthen pots. To observe the effect of fertilizers their equal amounts were added to the soil just before the plantation. The alpha track densities were measured using solid state nuclear track detectors (SSNTDs), a sensitive detector for alpha particles. RESULTS: The measured alpha track densities (T cm(−2)d(−1)) in lady’s finger plants on top and bottom face of leaves after 30, 50 and 70 days of plantation varied from 49 ± 11 to 206 ± 2.6, 49 ± 16 to 248 ± 16 and 57 ± 8.5 to 265 ± 32 respectively in various leaf samples. CONCLUSIONS: The alpha track densities were found to vary with nature of fertilizers added to the soil and an increase was also observed with time. The alpha track densities were also measured in soil samples mixed with different fertilizers. The radon exhalation rates in various soil samples and soil to plant transfer factor (TF) of alpha tracks were also calculated.
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spelling pubmed-39994602014-05-08 Variation in alpha radioactivity of plants with the use of different fertilizers and radon measurement in fertilized soil samples Chauhan, Pooja Chauhan, Rishi Pal J Environ Health Sci Eng Research Article BACKGROUND: People are exposed to ionizing radin from the radionuclides that are present in different types of natural sources, of which phosphate fertilizer is one of the most important sources. Fertilizers are commonly used in agricultural field worldwide to enhance the crop yield. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In the present investigation, a control study was carried out on the lady’s finger plants grown in earthen pots. To observe the effect of fertilizers their equal amounts were added to the soil just before the plantation. The alpha track densities were measured using solid state nuclear track detectors (SSNTDs), a sensitive detector for alpha particles. RESULTS: The measured alpha track densities (T cm(−2)d(−1)) in lady’s finger plants on top and bottom face of leaves after 30, 50 and 70 days of plantation varied from 49 ± 11 to 206 ± 2.6, 49 ± 16 to 248 ± 16 and 57 ± 8.5 to 265 ± 32 respectively in various leaf samples. CONCLUSIONS: The alpha track densities were found to vary with nature of fertilizers added to the soil and an increase was also observed with time. The alpha track densities were also measured in soil samples mixed with different fertilizers. The radon exhalation rates in various soil samples and soil to plant transfer factor (TF) of alpha tracks were also calculated. BioMed Central 2014-04-22 /pmc/articles/PMC3999460/ /pubmed/24812584 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2052-336X-12-70 Text en Copyright © 2014 Chauhan and Chauhan; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited.
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Variation in alpha radioactivity of plants with the use of different fertilizers and radon measurement in fertilized soil samples
title Variation in alpha radioactivity of plants with the use of different fertilizers and radon measurement in fertilized soil samples
title_full Variation in alpha radioactivity of plants with the use of different fertilizers and radon measurement in fertilized soil samples
title_fullStr Variation in alpha radioactivity of plants with the use of different fertilizers and radon measurement in fertilized soil samples
title_full_unstemmed Variation in alpha radioactivity of plants with the use of different fertilizers and radon measurement in fertilized soil samples
title_short Variation in alpha radioactivity of plants with the use of different fertilizers and radon measurement in fertilized soil samples
title_sort variation in alpha radioactivity of plants with the use of different fertilizers and radon measurement in fertilized soil samples
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3999460/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24812584
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2052-336X-12-70
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