[Heavy metals in the seed of feed crops]
2000
Zasyekin, D.A.
Results are provided of studying the heavy metals level in the seed of fodder crops in some farms of Ukraine's Kirovohrad, Cherkasy and Poltava oblasts that differ by their economic conditions. The results testified that there exists a substantial lead and zinc accumulation in the seed of the fodder crops, some crops contain also copper, cadmium and strontium. The presence of cadmium has not been revealed in the seed of the fodder crops, except the seed of the fodder beet. The content of cadmium in the fodder beet exceeded the tolerances by 2-4 times. Stable, non-radioactive strontium, which is widely spread in nature, was accumulated by the seeds of the fodder crops evenly at all farms under investigation. But the seed of the fodder beet distinguished by the maximum content of this metal
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