Title: Cytogenetic Effects of Radiation on Agricultural Plants Observed in the Chernobyl region during the First Years after the Accident
Author: Stanislav A. GERASKIN, Vladimir G. DIKAREV, Yevgenia Ya. ZYABLITSKAYA, Alla A. OUDALOVA and Yevgeniy V. SPIRIN
Reference: Всероссийский Научно-Исследовательский Институт Сельскохозяйственной Радиологии и Агроэкологии
Keywords: cytogenetic effects, radiation, agricultural plants, first years after the accident, Belarus
Abstract: The cytogenetic consequences of radioactive contamination by the fallout after the accident at the Chernobyl NPP in 1986 to agricultural crops have been studied.
ＵＲＬ：http://www.rri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/NSRG/reports/kr79/kr79pdf/Geraskin.pdf
Title: Hematologic and cytogenetic effects of the Chernobyl disaster for three types of mouse-like rodents that live in the exclusion zone
Author: Kulygina, Olga Ivanovna
Reference: Moscow, 2001
Keywords: hematologic effects, cytogenetic effects, mouse-like rodents, exclusion zone, EDR (exposure dose rate) gamma – radiation
Abstract: The purpose of the study was to examine the hematological and cytogenetic effects of the Chernobyl disaster for three types of rodents that live in the exclusion zone on the radioactive trace of the accidental release from the Chernobyl disaster with various exposure dose rate of gamma – radiation.
URL:http://www.dissercat.com/content/gematologicheskie-i-tsitogeneticheskie-posledstviya-avarii-na-chaes-dlya-trekh-vidov-myshevi
Title: Effects of radioactive contamination on Scots pines in the remote period after the Chernobyl accident
Author: Geras’kin, Stanislav / Oudalova, Alla / Dikareva, Nina / Spiridonov, Sergey / Hinton, Thomas / Chernonog, Elena / Garnier-Laplace, Jacqueline
Reference: Ecotoxicology, 20 (6), p.1195-1208, Aug 2011 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-011-0664-7
Keywords: Chernobyl accident, Radioactive contamination, Scots pine, Absorbed doses, Cytogenetic effects, Reproductive ability, Radio-adaptation
Abstract: A 6 year study of Scots pine populations inhabiting sites in the Bryansk region of Russia radioactively contaminated as a result of the Chernobyl accident is presented. In six study sites, 137Cs activity concentrations and heavy metal content in soils, as well as 137Cs, 90Sr and heavy metal concentrations in cones were measured. Doses absorbed in reproduction organs of pine trees were calculated using a dosimetric model. The maximum annual dose absorbed at the most contaminated site was about 130 mGy. Occurrence of aberrant cells scored in the root meristem of germinated seeds collected from pine trees growing on radioactively contaminated territories for over 20 years significantly exceeded the reference levels during all 6 years of the study. The data suggest that cytogenetic effects occur in Scots pine populations due to the radioactive contamination. However, no consistent differences in reproductive ability were detected between the impacted and reference populations as measured by the frequency of abortive seeds. Even though the Scots pine populations have occupied radioactively contaminated territories for two decades, there were no clear indications of adaptation to the radiation, when measured by the number of aberrant cells in root meristems of seeds exposed to an additional acute dose of radiation.
URL: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10646-011-0664-7
