Transfer of 40K, 226Ra and 210Pb from soil to plants in various locations of El-Jadida agricultural area (north-western Morocco)
The present study examines the radionuclides (40K, 226Ra and 210Pb) concentrations in soil and plants collected from El Jadida agricultural area. The transfer factors of radionuclides from the soil to different components of the plants (stems, roots, leaves, and fruits) was also determined and asses...
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| author | El Aouidi Samira Benmhammed Ayoub Benkdad Azzouz Mejjad Nezha Toth-Bodrogi Edit Kovács Tibor Laissaoui Abdelmourhit |
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| description | The present study examines the radionuclides (40K, 226Ra and 210Pb) concentrations in soil and plants collected from El Jadida agricultural area. The transfer factors of radionuclides from the soil to different components of the plants (stems, roots, leaves, and fruits) was also determined and assessed. The plants include various vegetable crops, including pumpkin, zucchini, beans, fennel, potato, sunflower, broccoli, onion, carrot, cabbage, tomato, and mallow from three different locations. A wide-range HPGe gamma-ray spectrometer is used for radionuclide activity measurement. The radionuclides activities of soil samples display a wide range of variability from one location to another. The concentrations of 226Ra vary between 18 ± 1 Bq.Kg-1 and 80 ± 4 Bq.Kg-1, the concentrations of 210Pb range from 49.7 ± 4.4 Bq.Kg-1 to 269 ± 16 Bq.Kg-1, and the 40K values fluctuate between 94,1 ± 6,5 and 286,1 ± 15,3 Bq.Kg-1. The study showed that the transfer factor for K-40 is more significant than Pb-210 and Ra-226, mainly related to the use of fertilizers rich in potassium in the agricultural areas, leading to its concentrations increase. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7ec4b26c6e864c0bbec9b6bd976a91d42022-12-21T20:07:17ZengEDP SciencesE3S Web of Conferences2267-12422021-01-013140100410.1051/e3sconf/202131401004e3sconf_wmad2021_01004Transfer of 40K, 226Ra and 210Pb from soil to plants in various locations of El-Jadida agricultural area (north-western Morocco)El Aouidi Samira0Benmhammed Ayoub1Benkdad Azzouz2Mejjad Nezha3Toth-Bodrogi Edit4Kovács Tibor5Laissaoui Abdelmourhit6Centre National de l’Energie, des Sciences et des Techniques Nucléaires –Faculty of Sciences, University Ibn TofailCentre National de l’Energie, des Sciences et des Techniques Nucléaires –Faculty of Sciences Ben M’Sik, Hassan II University, Department of Geology, Faculty of SciencesInstitute of Radiochemistry and Radioecology, University of PannoniaInstitute of Radiochemistry and Radioecology, University of PannoniaCentre National de l’Energie, des Sciences et des Techniques Nucléaires –The present study examines the radionuclides (40K, 226Ra and 210Pb) concentrations in soil and plants collected from El Jadida agricultural area. The transfer factors of radionuclides from the soil to different components of the plants (stems, roots, leaves, and fruits) was also determined and assessed. The plants include various vegetable crops, including pumpkin, zucchini, beans, fennel, potato, sunflower, broccoli, onion, carrot, cabbage, tomato, and mallow from three different locations. A wide-range HPGe gamma-ray spectrometer is used for radionuclide activity measurement. The radionuclides activities of soil samples display a wide range of variability from one location to another. The concentrations of 226Ra vary between 18 ± 1 Bq.Kg-1 and 80 ± 4 Bq.Kg-1, the concentrations of 210Pb range from 49.7 ± 4.4 Bq.Kg-1 to 269 ± 16 Bq.Kg-1, and the 40K values fluctuate between 94,1 ± 6,5 and 286,1 ± 15,3 Bq.Kg-1. The study showed that the transfer factor for K-40 is more significant than Pb-210 and Ra-226, mainly related to the use of fertilizers rich in potassium in the agricultural areas, leading to its concentrations increase.https://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2021/90/e3sconf_wmad2021_01004.pdftransfer factorsoilplantpotassium-40radium-226lead-210gamma spectroscopyel jadida regionmorocco |
| spellingShingle | El Aouidi Samira Benmhammed Ayoub Benkdad Azzouz Mejjad Nezha Toth-Bodrogi Edit Kovács Tibor Laissaoui Abdelmourhit Transfer of 40K, 226Ra and 210Pb from soil to plants in various locations of El-Jadida agricultural area (north-western Morocco) E3S Web of Conferences transfer factor soil plant potassium-40 radium-226 lead-210 gamma spectroscopy el jadida region morocco |
| title | Transfer of 40K, 226Ra and 210Pb from soil to plants in various locations of El-Jadida agricultural area (north-western Morocco) |
| title_full | Transfer of 40K, 226Ra and 210Pb from soil to plants in various locations of El-Jadida agricultural area (north-western Morocco) |
| title_fullStr | Transfer of 40K, 226Ra and 210Pb from soil to plants in various locations of El-Jadida agricultural area (north-western Morocco) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transfer of 40K, 226Ra and 210Pb from soil to plants in various locations of El-Jadida agricultural area (north-western Morocco) |
| title_short | Transfer of 40K, 226Ra and 210Pb from soil to plants in various locations of El-Jadida agricultural area (north-western Morocco) |
| title_sort | transfer of 40k 226ra and 210pb from soil to plants in various locations of el jadida agricultural area north western morocco |
| topic | transfer factor soil plant potassium-40 radium-226 lead-210 gamma spectroscopy el jadida region morocco |
| url | https://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2021/90/e3sconf_wmad2021_01004.pdf |
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