Low chronic exposure of Arabidopsis thaliana to Caesium-137

Arabidopsis thaliana plants are grown for one week in a hydroponic growth system and transferred to new plant medium containing low levels of Caesium-137 (control is transferred to new medium with no radioactivity) and left for further two weeks. Levels of Caesium-137 are chosen according to research and are reflecting occurring levels found in radioactive contaminated soil. The plants are then harvested and the samples divided into shoot and root samples. Experimenter name = Yu-Jin Heinekamp Experimenter phone = 0044-117-3442102 Experimenter address = University of the West of England (UWE) Experimenter address = Faculty of Applied Sciences Experimenter address = Center for Research in Plants, GRI Experimenter address = Coldharbour Lane Experimenter address = Bristol Experimenter zip/postal_code = BS6 5BP Experimenter country = UK Keywords: organism_part_comparison_design 12 samples were used in this experiment