Chronic toxicity of U on hairy roots of carrot (Daucus carota L.).

Anne Straczek, May Van Hees, Jean Wannijn, Yves Thiry

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    Abstract

    Most terrestrial flowering plants are associated with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi which may improve the growth of plants and decrease the U uptake at high levels of U in soils. However, the respective tolerance of each partner of the symbiosis (the host roots and the hyphae) to U accumulation and toxicity is unknown. In a first step, we estimated the toxicity of U to non-inoculated roots of carrot under root-organ culture conditions. The results showed that the root growth and the final biomass was decreased of at least 50% for a concentration in nutrient gel of 10 ppm of U. Further experiments are carried out in similar conditions with inoculated roots to compare the U toxicity on roots and hyphae.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings from The 2nd international conference on radioactivity in the environment
    Place of PublicationNice, France
    Pages327-330
    StatePublished - 4 Oct 2005
    EventIUR - The 2nd International Conference on Radioactivity in the Environment - IUR - International Union of Radioecology, Nice
    Duration: 2 Oct 20056 Oct 2005

    Conference

    ConferenceIUR - The 2nd International Conference on Radioactivity in the Environment
    Country/TerritoryFrance
    CityNice
    Period2005-10-022005-10-06

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