Natural radioactivity in winter wheat from organic and conventional agricultural systems

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-169

  Lindahl, Patric ^a   Maquet, Alain ^a   Hult, Mikael ^a   Gasparro, Joël ^a   Marissens, Gerd ^a   González de Orduña, Raquel ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conventional farming; Natural radionuclides; Organic farming; Soil; Wheat

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM; BELGIUM; CONCENTRATION RATIO; CONVENTIONAL FARMING; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES; ORGANIC FARMING; RADIONUCLIDE ACTIVITY; SOIL SAMPLE; WHEAT; WHEAT PLANTS; WINTER WHEAT;

AGRICULTURE; GAMMA RAYS; RADIOISOTOPES; SOILS;

RADIOMETRY;

POTASSIUM 40; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 226; RADIUM 228; THORIUM 228; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FARMING SYSTEM; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; WHEAT;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GRAIN; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; RADIOACTIVITY; SOIL; WINTER WHEAT;

AGRICULTURE; BELGIUM; ORGANIC AGRICULTURE; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM; SOIL; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; THORIUM; TRITICUM;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 78651228572     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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