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RE: "special plants" -Reply
Dee,
As I recall, the tradescantia work did show discernible biological responses to low
doses, but only at relatively high dose rates. I doubt that counting tradescantia
stamen hairs offers much promise for determining radiation doses that are in the
range of environmental levels.
Charlie Willis
caw@nrc.gov
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