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Measuring Fluxes of Mineral Nutrients and Toxicants in Plants with Radioactive Tracers
Published on: August 22, 2014
Bioavailability of radiostrontium in soil: experimental study and modeling
A A Sysoeva1, I V Konopleva, N I Sanzharova
1Russian Institute of Agricultural Radiology and Agroecology, 249032 Obninsk, Russia. lab22@riarae.obninsk.org
Abstract:
Parameters related to 90Sr mobility in the soil-plant system are reported: exchangeable content, selectivity coefficient, and transfer factor. Large mobility of 90Sr in different soil types was shown. The fraction of exchangeable 90Sr varied between 70 and 90%. The selectivity coefficient K(C)(90Sr/Ca) values were in the range 1.3-2.5. The radionuclide transfer factors (TF) varied by a factor of 9.6 for barley seedlings and by a factor of 6.6 for lupine seedlings. The exchangeable Ca content was the determinant soil parameter responsible for differences in 90Sr biological availability. A static model was devised that describes 90Sr sorption from soil solution by soil and on the root surface. The parameter of 90Sr bioavailability (A) has been suggested. Parameter A was calculated from data on soil exchangeable Ca content and 90Sr mobility indicators--exchangeable fraction of the radionuclide and the selectivity coefficient K(C)(90Sr/Ca). A correlation was found between TF and parameter A.
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