2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Tendency and characteristics of accumulation of radioactive substance in fungi and lichens
Project/Area Number |
24651043
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Research Field |
Risk sciences of radiation/Chemicals
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Research Institution | University of Tsukuba |
Principal Investigator |
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
HOSAKA Kentaro 国立科学博物館, 植物研究部, 研究員 (10509417)
ABE Junichi Peter 筑波大学, 生命環境系, 助教 (40292510)
OHMURA Yoshihito 国立科学博物館, 植物研究部, 研究員 (40414362)
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Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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Keywords | 福島第一原子力発電所事故 / 放射性セシウム137 / きのこ / 地衣類 / ツツジもち病菌 / 生物モニタリング |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
After the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster 4 years, a bio-monitoring of radioactivity in mushrooms, lichens and plant parasitic fungi were conducted mainly in Ibaraki, fewer in Fukushima, Tochigi, Miyagi and Chiba Prefecture. The results show that in mushrooms the mycorrhizal species are higher than saprotrophic one, in lichens in mean the radioactivity are 10 fold higher than mushrooms, and in plant parasitic fungi the radioactivity of Exobasidium vaccinii which cause Azalea leaf galls are 2-fold higher than healthy leaves. Finally, at the present the rate of decreasing of 137Cs radioactivity is lower than after 2 years of the disaster, is now stable and still high.
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Free Research Field |
植物病理学
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