Modification of the ^sup 137^Cs, ^sup 90^Sr, and ^sup 60^Co transfer to wheat plantlets by NH^sub 4^ ^sup +^ fertilizers

• Published in: Environmental science and pollution research international Vol. 24; no. 8; p. 7383
• Main Authors: Guillén, J, Muñoz-muñoz, G, Baeza, A, Salas, A, Mocanu, N
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Springer Nature B.V 01.03.2017
• Subjects: Agrochemicals; Cesium radioisotopes; Environmental science; Fallout; Fertilizers; Mineral fertilizers; Nutritional requirements; Plantlets; Radioactive fallout; Radioisotopes; Soil contamination; Soil mixtures; Soil pollution; Soils; Strontium; Strontium 90; Strontium radioisotopes; Wheat

Inorganic fertilizers are used as agricultural countermeasures intended to inhibit the soil to plant transfer of radionuclides after a radioactive fallout. Two NH4 + fertilizers, diammonium phosphate (DAP) and NPK, were applied to soil contaminated with a mixture of radionuclides to analyze whether...