Foliar retention of strontium-90 by wheat.
Wheat harvested from the University of Maryland Agronomy Farm in June 1959 contained 20 to 50 micromicrocuries of strontium-90 per kilogram of grain. More than 90 percent of the strontium-90 came from deposition on aboveground plant parts, and less than 10 percent was taken up through the soil. About 1 to 2 percent of the strontium-90 fallout during the time the heads were exposed was retained in the grain.
D006257:Head; D011847:Radioactive Fallout; D011851:Radioactivity; D012987:Soil; D013324:Strontium; D013326:Strontium Radioisotopes; D014908:Triticum
D011847:Radioactive Fallout; D012987:Soil; D013326:Strontium Radioisotopes; D013324:Strontium
RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; STRONTIUM/radioactive; WHEAT