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Kentucky
Tormats
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Mississipi
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Ohio
New York
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sn¥beans, cats, and alfalfa
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Corn
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Toba ( aC peanuts
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Carre’ 5 anc potatoes
Wiest, ani. barley
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Tieid beans, and wheat
Weat Virygriois
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ss ane turnips were conducted
In adcition, experiments, with
at the Plant Inaurtry “tation,
table beans, and spinach
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These widespread one-season Piri dj experiments indicate strongly
that the farmer cumict expect increase vyielaus fron money invested in
radioactive mater.als.
The question «1 possible stimulation of crops
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through use of raiLoactive chemicals w ' He investigated for another year.
The scien*.ists carrying on thes: ‘ests caution against confusing
this study with the use of radioactive ~sotopes as tracers in the study
of soils, fertil:zers, anc the mutrition oF plants.
As a research tool,
radioactive isotopes are proving valuacl:, they say, but they admit they
still have to fi:< am. evidence that si: cactive materials stimulate plant
prowth,
A conference wes held at. tne
iant Industry Station, Beltsville,
Maryland on Noveimer CG with repre ce vtutives Sree twenty or more States”
on the resu’ts co “erwillzer "Tréeor! ex oriments with radioactive phosphates.
Report on Supper of kesearch
The Sollowin, additional prc;ercios oF research on biological and
medical prevlen: have been approves
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the Division of Biology and Medicine:
Washington University Scehuol oc ied.cine - Dr. Wendell Scott "Experiments to Determine the Feasiin wits of Developing Equipment that
will be Capable of Mapping the Outlines of Organs or Deposits of Metastatic Tumcr within the Boty# - $16 5°),
Universiuy cf Floritie = ir. 4. 6. less ~ "Bioelectric Potentials
of Plants anc Animal: as a Funct.
f .sdiation Injury" - $15,250.
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5,000.
University of Michigan - or,
Amherst o
(red <. Hodves
- "“Radioautography® -
- TRerearch in Radiobiology and
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