Magnetic field treatments improve germination and seedling growth in Festuca arundinacea Schreb. and Lolium perenne L.

Stimulatory Effect of the Magnetic Treatment on the Germination of Cereal Seeds

“…An increase of the initial growth stages and an early sprouting of maize seeds exposed to a stationary magnetic field was also observed (Flórez et al 2007), treated plants grew higher and heavier than control. Effect of exposure of grass seeds to 125 mT and 250 mT was studied (Carbonell et al 2008), finding that mean germination time was reduced by 10% compared with control seeds; the time required for germination onset was also reduced and the roots of grass seedlings from chronically exposed seeds grew higher and longer than those of untreated ones. Recently they have also obtained an early germination in Salvia officinalis L. and Calendula officinalis L, (Flórez, 2012).…”

Physical Factors for Plant Growth Stimulation Improve Food Quality

“…The treatment fastens plants development (Florez et al 2007;Gouda & Amer, 2009), improves germination and seedling growth (Carbonell et al, 2008;Martínez et al, 2009a;Odhiambo et al, 2009), activates protein formation and enzymes activity (Atak et al, 2007;Racuciu et al, 2007;Çelik et al, 2009). The investigations have shown that the treatment of the seeds with magnetic field increases the germination of nonstandard seeds and improves their quality (Pietruszewski et al, 2007).…”

Superoxide radical production and performance index of Photosystem II in leaves from magnetoprimed soybean seeds

“…1,2 Several reports also show that the magnetic field exposure increases germination of low viability seeds and improves their quality and sprouting rate. 2,3 These effects may be because of interaction of magnetic field with ionic current in the plant embryo cell membrane that induces changes in both osmotic pressure and ionic concentrations on both sides of the membrane. 4 Changes in the ionic fluxes across cell membrane cause alterations in the mechanism of water uptake, as osmoregulation in embryo cells is controlled by the ionic transport across the membrane.…”