Diamagnetic susceptibility and root growth responses to magnetic fields in Lens culinaris, Glycine soja, and Triticum aestivum

Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 97-112

  Peñuelas, Josep ^a   Llusià, Joan ^a   Martínez, Benjamín ^b   Fontcuberta, Josep ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA DE MATERIALS DE BARCELONA ICMAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diamagnetic susceptibility; Germinating seeds; Glycine soja; Lens culinaris; Root growth; Static magnetic fields; Triticum aestivum

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX; GLYCINE SOJA; LENS CULINARIS; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 12144272855     PISSN: 15368378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/LEBM-200032772     Document Type: Article

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