The cobalt-60 plant and seed irradiation facility at the Atomic Energy Commission
Agricultural Research Laboratory of the University of Tennessee at Oak Ridge is described …

In 1962, a gamma field with a 100-m radius was completed and a cobalt-60 gamma source
of about 2,070 c installed. Several measures taken for the safety of the general public from …

Radiocobalt has been used as a source of gamma rays in a study of the effect of chronic
irradiation on growing plants. The installation and method of operation of sources of …

The chapters of this book are based on papers selected from those presented at the Geneva
Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy held in 1955. Part I deals with the general …

Radiosensitivity of Seeds: I. Reduction or Stimulation of Seedling Growth as a Function of
Gamma-Ray Dose Page 1 RADIATION RESEARCH 13, 686-690 (1960) Radiosensitivity of …

Dry seeds of Triticum monococcum were exposed to Cs 137 γ-rays or to monoenergetic 14
MeV neutrons obtained from the T (d, n) reaction in a neutron generator. For both radiations …

The gamma sources used at Brookhaven for genetical, botanical and ecological studies are
listed and described briefly. They include a 60 c Co 60 hot cell source, a 9 c Co 60 …

The new Cobalt-60 gamma-ray irradiator, recently installed at the Davis campus, is
designed specifically for biological research. The first application of the new facility involves …

Dormant barley seeds have been subjected to X rays, 2-Mev electrons, thermal neutrons
and fast neutrons with a view to comparing the effects of these treatments (cf. PBA,'XXIV …

MATERIALS AND METHODS Dormant seeds of Himalaya Barley (CI 620) were used for the
entire study. The seeds originated from the progeny of a single plant in 1947 and thus would …