Effects of acute gamma irradiation on chemical, physical and biological properties of soils

By N. McNamara, H. Black, N. Beresford, N. Parekh. 2003

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Food Science, Global and Planetary Change

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Root, mycorrhiza and earthworm interactions: their effects on soil structuring processes, plant and soil nutrient concentration and plant biomass (2009, methodology): “In order to eliminate AMF from the soil, microcosms were first sterilized with γ-irradiation (between 42 and 82 kGy; Studer Hard, Dänikon, Switzerland) and stored at 4°C (McNamara et al. 2003).”
The role of the seed bank, seed rain and the timing of disturbance in gap regeneration (2005, background): “Ex situ sterilization using an autoclave also effectively removes the microbiological assemblage and severely disrupts soil physical properties (McNamara et al. 2003).”
Reduced plant–soil feedback of plant species expanding their range as compared to natives (2007, methodology): “Experiments with sterilized soil are often confounded by nutrient release due to the sterilization procedure (Troelstra et al. 2001; McNamara et al. 2003).”
Source and supply of terrestrial organic matter affects aquatic microbial metabolism (2005, methodology): “We bottled the dialyzed leachates and had them gammairradiated (25 kGy dose, SteriGenics International) in order to kill soil-associated microorganisms while still maintaining the chemical integrity of the organic matter (McNamara et al. 2003).”
Metallophytes—a view from the rhizosphere (2010, background): “One possibility could be the effects of sterilization procedures on soil chemistry (Salonius et al. 1967; McNamara et al. 2003), however recent work on Ni-hyperaccumulation has shown that rhizosphere microorganisms affected plant gene expression, as evident from differences in shoot proteome…”
Microbial community composition affects soil organic carbon turnover in mineral soils (2017, methodology): “Also with other sterilisation methods, such as gamma radiation, soil properties are changed leading to a higher availability of SOC (McNamara et al. 2003) which decreases the interpretability of such results.”
Effects of plant community history, soil legacy and plant diversity on soil microbial communities (2020, methodology): “Half of the excavated soil (around 600 kg per plot) was gamma-sterilized with a dose of 50 kGy to kill soil biota (McNamara et al., 2003).”
Inactivation of fungi from deteriorated paper materials by radiation (2006, background): “Fungi have been successfully inactivated from different materials, such as paper, wood and soil with radiation doses ranging from 6 to 15 kGy (Hanus, 1985; Jörg et al., 1992; Pointing et al., 1998; McNamara et al., 2003).”