Growth and Yield of Winter Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and Corn (Zea mays L.) Near a High Voltage Transmission Line

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 91-102

  Soja, G ^a   Kunsch, B ^a   Gerzabek, M ^a   Reichenauer, T ^a   Soja, A M ^a   Rippar, G ^b   Bolhar Nordenkampf H R ^c  

^a ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

^b Verbund Osterreichische Elektrizitatswirtschafts AG   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

50 Hz; Agriculture; Crop; Electric field; Magnetic field; Productivity

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; SOILS;

50 HZ; CORN (ZEA MAYS L.); ELECTRIC FIELD STRENGTH; FIELD EXPOSURE; GROWTH AND YIELD; HIGH VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION LINES; MAGNETIC-FIELD; TRANSMISSION-LINE; WINTER WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L); WINTER WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.);

CROPS;

CARBON;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORN; CROP; CZECH REPUBLIC; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; EXPOSURE; GRAIN FILLING; GRAIN YIELD; MAGNETIC FIELD; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; STRAW; WINTER WHEAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHEAT;

TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; POWER PLANTS; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRITICUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037484799     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.10069     Document Type: Article

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