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Influence of ionizing radiations of gamma background of Earth and natural radionuclide 40K on growth, development and physiological processes of plants

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Abstract

Data of studying the influence of the natural background radiation on growth and development of plants are presented. It has been shown that the natural background radiation has an influence on germinating ability of plant seeds, on chlorophyll synthesis process in plants and on activity of their assimilation CO2 from the air. It has been proven that the ionizing radiation of natural background actively affects vital functions of plant organisms. Its decrease and increase are malign for an organism.

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  1. V.F. Kuprevich Institute of Experimental Botany of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus

    B. I. Yakushev, Z. M. Anisova, M. M. Sak, G. D. Matusov & R. M. Golushko

  2. The Scientific and Practical Republican Center of Hygiene, Minsk, Belarus

    M. N. Korseko

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Yakushev, B.I., Anisova, Z.M., Sak, M.M. et al. Influence of ionizing radiations of gamma background of Earth and natural radionuclide 40K on growth, development and physiological processes of plants. Environmentalist 32, 175–178 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10669-011-9366-1

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