Effects of 60 Hz electromagnetic fields on early growth in three plant species and a replication of previous results

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 154-161

  Davies, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barley; Ca2+; Ion cyclotron resonance; Mustard; Radish

Indexed keywords

CYCLOTRONS; ELECTRON CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; SEED;

'DRY' [; BARLEY; CA 2+; CONTROL PLANTS; ION CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; LEAF WEIGHTS; MUSTARD; RADISH; ROOT WEIGHT; STEM DIAMETER;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; RAPHANUS SATIVUS;

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT; PLANT SEED; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; PLANTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEEDS;

EID: 0030345058     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(1996)17:2<154::AID-BEM10>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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