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Assimilation of uranium by wheat and tomato plants

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Greenhouse conditions have been used for the study of uptake of uranium by wheat and tomato plants as affected by its concentration in soil and irrigation applied. The highest yield of wheat was obtained at 3.0 ppm of uranium whereas the tomato yield decreased with the increase of uranium in the soil. The analysis shows that Uranium uptake by wheat and tomato not only depends upon the uranium concentration in the soil but also on the amount of irrigation applied.

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  1. Department of Physics, Kurukshetra University, 132119, Kurukshetra, India

    K. L. Gulati, M. C. Oswal & K. K. Nagpaul

  2. Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar

    K. L. Gulati & M. C. Oswal

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Gulati, K.L., Oswal, M.C. & Nagpaul, K.K. Assimilation of uranium by wheat and tomato plants. Plant Soil 55, 55–59 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02149708

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