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Applications of Nuclear Technology in Agriculture

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As early as the 1940s, the interpenetration and integration of nuclear technology and agricultural science and technology had begun. It was not until the 1970s that the concepts of “radio agronomy” and “nuclear agricultural science” were formally put forward. It mainly studies the application and mechanism of nuclides and radiation and related nuclear technologies in agricultural science and agricultural production, which can be divided into nuclear radiation technology and its application in agriculture and nuclide tracer technology and its application in agriculture.

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Luo, S. (2023). Applications of Nuclear Technology in Agriculture. In: Nuclear Science and Technology. Nuclear Science and Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3087-6_8

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