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IAEA looks at nuclear techniques for crop resilience
The International Atomic Energy Agency has launched a five-year coordinated research project (CRP) to strengthen plant health preparedness using nuclear and related technologies.
Wheat blast, potato late blight, potato bacterial wilt, and cassava witches broom disease can spread quickly across large areas of land, leading to severe yield losses in key crops for food security. Global trade and climate change have increased the likelihood of rapid, transboundary spread.
James D. Wolcott, J. N. Anno
Nuclear Technology | Volume 52 | Number 1 | January 1981 | Pages 139-140
Technical Note | Radiation | doi.org/10.13182/NT81-A32699
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The current from the surfaces of metals exposed in vacuum to 60Co gamma radiation was measured to determine the electron emission. The metals were in the form of solid cylinders 1.27-cm (0.50-in.) diam × 10.2 cm (4.0 in.) long. The electron emission factors increased smoothly with atomic number Z, varying from (3.06 ± 0.63) × 10-17 A/cm2 per rad/h (absorbed dose) for carbon to (18.2 ± 0.4) × 10-17 A/cm2 per rad/h (absorbed dose) for lead.
