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Effect of Mercury Vapor on Sugar Beets
Author(s) -
Waldron L. J.,
Terry N.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of environmental quality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.888
H-Index - 171
eISSN - 1537-2537
pISSN - 0047-2425
DOI - 10.2134/jeq1975.00472425000400010013x
Subject(s) - mercury (programming language) , sugar , sugar beet , chemistry , environmental chemistry , horticulture , botany , food science , biology , computer science , programming language
Whole young sugar beets ( Beta vulgaris L.) were exposed to air containing vapor of metallic mercury at vapor densities of 0.28 to 15.5 mg/m 3 for periods of 1 to 12 hours. Exposures as brief as 1 hour t 2.15 mg/m 3 and 5 hours at 0.28 mg/m 3 produced visible damage to leaves. Sugar beet plants are more susceptible than animal tissue to visible injury from mercury vapor and rank high in susceptibility to injury among plant species. Sugar beet plants might be used as inexpensive monitors where mercury vapor may be a health hazard.