-55- AECD-3446 Section VI PHYSIOLOGY OF LAND PLANTS by Orlin Biddulph State College of Washington - The survey was conducted during the last week of July and the first two ‘of August 1949 and was under the supervision of Dr. L. R. Donaldson, of the Applied Fisheries Laboratory of the University of Washington. The time from the Bikini explosions was then 37 months from the aerial ex- and 36 months from the under water test. The elapsed time from the tok tests was 17 months from the Engebi test, 16 months from the Aomon ijirt test, and 15 months from the Runit test. ; th plants. Such effects as mechanical shock, heat and direct gamma radia- oe nekwere not considered, ; The scattering of fission products and their consequent “ wetke into the plants constituted one major part of the investigation while the _ teSinulation by plants of radioactive materials induced in place by the neutron Permanence of plants. Plants must have been present before, during, and after the explosions. . Exposed parts. Plants must have exposed living tissues removed