[A rise in the incidence of teratological changes in Plantago lanceolata L. seedlings of the 5th post-accident reproduction in the 30-kilometer area of the Chernobyl Atomic Electric Power Station].

Abstract

It was for the first time that of the fifth year of monitoring of Plantago lanceolata L., reproduced within the thirty-kilometer zone of Chernobyl NPP disaster, the authors discovered high incidence of seedlings with various morphological abnormalities. It is suggested that the damages observed are related to the cumulative effect of radiation.