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A model method for testing cosmic radiation

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Biologia Plantarum

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The experiments showed that after gamma irradiation as well as after irradiation by secondary cosmic rays (hard component)Equisetum arvense spores produce in the first developmental phases prothalia at a changed rate,i.e. in favour of the females. This effect being specific for radiation cannot be produced by heat, pressure or changes of electric and magnetic field (i.e. factors appearing in higher sea levels with a stronger intensity of cosmic rays). It will be possible to apply the sensitivity of the mentioned method for investigating the problems of testing cosmic ray variations. The possibility of its application in spontaneous variability research is not less important.

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  1. Institute of Experimental Botany, Department of Genetics, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Praha

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Sosna, M. A model method for testing cosmic radiation. Biol Plant 15, 430–432 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02922765

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