Impact of Cesium on Plants and the Environment

Distribution of cesium in soil and its uptake by plants.- Factors influencing the soil to plant transfer of radiocaesium.- Role of mycorrhizal fungi in cesium uptake by plants.- Influence of biologically active preparations on Cs-137 transition to plants from soil in the territories contaminated as the result of Chernobyl accident.- The distribution of 137Cs in selected compartments of coniferous forests in the Czech Republic.- Cesium uptake in plants: Mechanism, regulation and application for phytoremediation.- Effective half-lives of radiocesium in terrestrial plants observed after nuclear power plant accidents.- Cultivar difference and fertilizer effects on radioactive cesium accumulation in rice grown in Fukushima paddy field from 2011 to 2014.- Distribution of 137Cs between the components of pine forest of Charnobyl NPP exclusion zone.- Cesium accumulation by aquatic plants and algae.- Regularities of accumulation of Cs-137 and other radionuclides in the aquatic vegetation in the territory of South-Ural biogeochemical province of technogenic radioactive isotopes.- Radiocesium phytotoxicity to single cell and higher plants.- Sorbents for radiocaesium removal from natural water and soil.- Analysis of transfer factor, anatomical changes and growth of plants during phytoremediation of cesium contaminated solutions.- Remediation of areas contaminated by caesium: Basic mechanisms behind remedial options and experience in application.