Role of pulsed electromagnetic field on enzyme activity, germination, plant growth and yield of durum wheat

Katsenios, Nikolaos; Bilalis, Dimitrios; Efthimiadou, Αspasia; Aivalakis, Georgios; Nikolopoulou, Aimilia-Eleni; Karkanis, Anestis; Travlos, Ilias

doi:10.1016/j.bcab.2016.03.010

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“…Pulsed magnetic field also has been found to improve the germination of soybeans in various frequencies, with 10 and 100 Hz of PMS treatments presenting statistically significant results (Radhakrishnan and Kumari, 2013). The findings of this study suggest that magnetic field treatment affects positively the seed germination of broad beans and stands in accordance with other studies conducted on other seeds such as chickpea (Vashisth and Nagarajan, 2008), soybeans (Radhakrishnan and Kumari, 2013) and durum wheat (Katsenios et al, 2016).…”

Section: Germinationsupporting

confidence: 92%

“…More and more studies have proven that magnetic field tends to have a positive impact on seed germination (Carbonell et al, 2000;Bilalis et al, 2012b;Katsenios et al, 2016). Flórez et al (2007) accessed the effect of stationary magnetic field exposure on maize seeds to find that the germination rate of the treated seeds was higher than the control.…”

Section: Germinationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It also appeared to have a positive effect on tomato plants that the use of pre-sowing MF treatment produced better results in case of yield and growth (De Souza et al, 2006), onions that an increase of the chlorophyll and protein content in a certain variety was observed (Novitsky et al, 2001), rice where the use of MF enhanced the germination of the seeds (Carbonell et al, 2000), soy in which the use of pulsed magnetic field increased not only the growth and yield but also all the productivity in general (Radhakrishnan and Kumari, 2012). In particular, there are many studies, which conclude that the use of magnetic field affects positively the germination rates of seeds (Carbonell et al, 2000;Aladjadjiyan and Ylieva, 2003;Podlesny et al, 2004;Bilalis et al, 2012b;Katsenios et al, 2016). For instance, Podlesny and his colleagues (2004), confirmed the positive effect of the magnetic field on germination and emergence on two varieties of broad beans while it also presented better results to final seed yield after a pre-sowing application.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…For instance, Bhardwaj et al (2012) noticed an increase in the activity of β-amylase in cucumber seeds that were exposed to magnetic field treatment. Also, Katsenios et al (2016) exposed durum wheat seeds to magnetic field and found that this treatment affected α-amylase activity that could explain the increase of the germination rates. The application of magnetic fields to achieve goals like the above could be particularly effective in the efforts of researchers to improve plant growth with environmentally friendly techniques (Bilalis et al, 2013).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Influence of pulsed electromagnetic field as a pre-sowing treatment on germination, plant growth and yield of broad beans

Katsenios

Sparangis²,

Kakabouki

et al. 2020

Not Bot Horti Agrobo

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Magnetic field is a variable abiotic factor, like temperature, air, soil and water that interacts with the living organisms. The use of different types of magnetic field at many different plant species is increasing and the results are promising. A two-year field experiment was established following a completely randomized design, to investigate the effect of pre-sowing magnetic field treatment for 0, 15, 30 and 45 min on three broad bean varieties. The obtained results showed that the treatment of seeds with pulsed electromagnetic field increased germination percentage, chlorophyll content, leaf area, photosynthetic rate, transpiration rate, stomatal conductance and dry weight. In general, the exposure of seeds for 15 min, gave the highest values compared to the control treatments for the three varieties used. A very interesting result is the fact that although there was an influence of the exposure of magnetic field on the dry weight of the plants, there was not a positive or a negative influence on the seed yield for both years. This means that magnetic field enhanced the vegetative development of the broad beans, but it had no effect on the reproductive development. The results indicate that magnetic field can be used in the cases that the productive direction of the cultivation of broad beans is for livestock forage and silage, as the pre-sowing treatment of seeds had a positive effect on plant dry weight. *** In press - Online First. Article has been peer reviewed, accepted for publication and published online without pagination. The article is to be paginated when the complete issue will be ready for publishing (Volume 48, Issue 3, 2020). The article is searchable and citable by Digital Object Identifier (DOI). DOI link will become active after the article will be included in the complete issue.

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Section: Germinationsupporting

confidence: 92%

Section: Germinationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Influence of pulsed electromagnetic field as a pre-sowing treatment on germination, plant growth and yield of broad beans

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Sparangis²,

Kakabouki

et al. 2020

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“…Pre-sowing techniques are very common to improve germination percentage, rate and uniformity of seeds of wild species (Akoumianaki-Ioannidou et al, 2019), as well as to improve germination on seeds of cultivated species with lower than normal percentages (Bilalis et al, 2012). Researchers have focused their efforts on the use of different pre-sowing methods that are inexpensive and environmentally friendly (Katsenios et al, 2016). Research plantations have found that wild asparagus is suitable for cultivation since it presented an average spear yield of approximately 1300 kg ha -1 , at a plant density of 3.1 and 5 plants m -2 (Benincasa et al, 2007).…”

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Seed Treatment Techniques to Improve Germination of Wild Asparagus (Asparagus acutifolius L.), a Potential New Crop

Katsenios

Roussis

Efthimiadou³

et al. 2019

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Pre-sowing seed treatment techniques of stratification and scarification were used in order to find the most appropriate method to overcome dormancy of wild asparagus (Asparagus acutifolius L.) seeds. An indoor and an outdoor experiment were carried out at the Agricultural University of Athens. For the indoor experiment, the pre-sowing treatments of stratification (fresh and stratified seeds) and scarification (non-scarified, mechanical scarification and chemical scarification with sulfuric acid) were used as the main treatments, and three different temperatures (15, 20 and 25 °C) as sub-treatments. For the outdoor experiment, there were only the treatments of stratification and scarification. The stratification of asparagus seeds was found to have a positive effect on germination and vigor indices compared to non-stratified (fresh) seeds. The highest germination percentage, vigor index I and II were recorded with the stratified seeds that had been mechanically scarified in both indoor and outdoor conditions. The results indicate that just the scarification cannot improve germination of fresh collected seeds of wild asparagus. Stratification increased the germination percentage from 2.7-6.6% to 45.1-75.3%. The mechanical and the chemical scarification had a positive effect on the root length compared to the non-scarified seeds that have been stratified. These pre-sowing treatments can increase the germination percentage and produce vigorous seedlings that can be used to establish plantations of this potential new crop.

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An effective method of magnetic field treatment in increasing soil phosphorus availability in wheat rhizosphere

Zhang,

Yang,

Sun

et al. 2023

Rhizosphere

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Role of pulsed electromagnetic field on enzyme activity, germination, plant growth and yield of durum wheat

Cited by 11 publications

References 19 publications

Influence of pulsed electromagnetic field as a pre-sowing treatment on germination, plant growth and yield of broad beans

Influence of pulsed electromagnetic field as a pre-sowing treatment on germination, plant growth and yield of broad beans

Seed Treatment Techniques to Improve Germination of Wild Asparagus (Asparagus acutifolius L.), a Potential New Crop

An effective method of magnetic field treatment in increasing soil phosphorus availability in wheat rhizosphere

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