Multifaceted effects of chronic radiation exposure in Japanese red pines from Fukushima prefecture

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 763; p. 142946
• Main Authors: Geras'kin, Stanislav, Yoschenko, Vasyl, Bitarishvili, Sofia, Makarenko, Ekaterina, Vasiliev, Denis, Prazyan, Alexandr, Lychenkova, Maria, Nanba, Kenji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.04.2021
• Subjects: accidents; Animals; apical dominance; apical meristems; Cancellation of the apical dominance; Cesium Radioisotopes - analysis; chronic exposure; Chronic radiation exposure; Cytogenetic abnormalities; environment; Fukushima accident; Fukushima Nuclear Accident; irradiation; Japan; Japanese red pine; morphometry; Phytohormones; Pinus; Pinus densiflora; plant hormones; Radiation Exposure; Radiation Monitoring; radioactive pollution; trees; Japan; Phytohormones; Fukushima accident; Chronic radiation exposure; Japanese red pine; Cancellation of the apical dominance; Cytogenetic abnormalities

Despite many studies carried out to date, the long-term effects of chronic exposure on plants and animals inhabiting the territories affected by the Fukushima Dai-Ichi NPP accident remain the subject of scientific discussions. Our investigations were performed on Japanese red pine, the native tree s...