Abstract:In this chapter, we introduce the effects of radiocesium released by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident on fruit trees, especially the change of radiocesium in fruit during the past 6 years. We investigated radiocesium and 40 K in peach during the maturity of its fruit chronologically for 6 years. In the investigation during one crop period, the concentration of radiocesium in young fruit 15 days after the full bloom was the highest, and this result was common in all the investigated years. After that, the… Show more
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