ZHANG Wenyi, JIAO Ling, HOSHI Masaharu. Study of micronucleus induction in the root-tip cells of onion seedlings after irradiation as dry dormant seeds by 252Cf fission neutrons[J]. Journal of Radiation Research and Radiation Processing, 2005,23(1):15-18.
ZHANG Wenyi, JIAO Ling, HOSHI Masaharu. Study of micronucleus induction in the root-tip cells of onion seedlings after irradiation as dry dormant seeds by 252Cf fission neutrons[J]. Journal of Radiation Research and Radiation Processing, 2005,23(1):15-18.DOI:
The work is for a better understanding of relative biological effectiveness (RBE) of ,252,Cf fission neutrons. The frequency of micronuclei induced in the root-tip cells of onion seedlings after irradiation as dry dormant seeds by unit dose of ,252,Cf neutron-γ mixed irradiation is different from that by ,60,Co γ-ray irradiation. The frequency of micronuclei induced by unit dose of ,252,Cf neutron-γ mixed irradiation and ,60,Co γ-ray irradiation are 1.84±0.10 and 0.022±0.002 (%Gy,-1,), respectively; and the frequency of micronuclei induced by unit dose of ,252,Cf fission neutrons is 2.74±0.15 (%Gy,-1,). The RBE values for ,252,Cf neutron-γ mixed irradiation and ,252,Cf fission neutrons are 84±9 and 124±13, respectively. The frequency of micronuclei induced in the root-tip cells of ,Allium cepa, onion seedlings irradiated as dry dormant seeds by unit dose of ,252,Cf neutron-γ mixed irradiation is about 84 times as that by ,60,Co γ-ray irradiation. The findings suggested that repair efficiency of DNA damage induced by neutrons might be different from that by γ-ray.