Monitoring of agricultural crops under the influence zone of Armenian nuclear power plant
2009
Semerdjyan, S., Scientific Center of Agriculture and Plant Protection, Yerevan (Armenia) | Petrosyan, K., Scientific Center of Agriculture and Plant Protection, Yerevan (Armenia)
The Armenian Nuclear Power Plant (ANPP) has a number of unique peculirities - placing in densely populated intensive agricultural area and in addition residual water outflow to neighbouring reservoir (Sev Jur), which is utilized exceptionally for irrigation purposes. Monitoring results implemented from 2005 to 2007 under ANPP influence zone are summerized in article. Laboratory and vegetative experiments have been carried out as on wheat crops being irrigated from different sources and cultivated at various distances from ANPP. Monitoring definitely indicates that water of Sev Jur and ANPP result in cytogenetic damages of root meristem cells of wheat crops and increase pollen sterility.
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