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Effect of waste mica on transfer factors of 134Cs to spinach and lettuce

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2011

M. Sreenivasa Chari ,
K.M. Manjaiah ,
P. Sachdev  and
M.S. Sachdev
M. Sreenivasa Chari
Affiliation:
Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Division of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, New Delhi-110012, India
K.M. Manjaiah
Affiliation:
Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Division of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, New Delhi-110012, India
P. Sachdev
Affiliation:
Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Nuclear Research Laboratory, New Delhi-110012, India
M.S. Sachdev
Affiliation:
Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Nuclear Research Laboratory, New Delhi-110012, India
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Abstract

A greenhouse pot culture experiment was conducted to study the effect of graded levels of waste mica (0, 10, 20 and 40 g kg-1) on reducing the radiocesium uptake by spinach (Spinacia olerecea L) and lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) grown in 134Cs-contaminated (at 37 k Bq kg-1 soil) Inceptisols, Vertisols and Ultisols. The biomass yield, and potassium content and its uptake by crops have been significantly improved by waste mica application. The crops grown in Vertisols recorded higher biomass yield, and K content and its uptake as compared with Inceptisols and Ultisols. The average 134Cs transfer factor values recorded were : 0.21, 0.17 and 0.26 at the first cutting, 0.15, 0.12 and 0.28 at the second cutting and 0.07, 0.05 and 0.23 at the third cutting from Inceptisols, Vertisols and Ultisols, respectively. Waste mica significantly suppressed radiocesium uptake, the effect being more pronounced at 40 g mica kg-1soil. There exists an inverse relationship between the 134Cs transfer factors with plant potassium content and also the K uptake by the crops

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134Cspotassiumradiocesiumtransfer factorwaste micaspinachlettuce
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Radioprotection , Volume 46 , Issue 3 , September 2011 , pp. 317 - 330
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© EDP Sciences, 2011

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