A preliminary study on ultra high frequency electromagnetic fields effect on black locust chlorophylls

Acta Biologica Hungarica

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 109-117

  Sandu, D D ^a   Goiceanu, C ^b   Ispas, A ^a   Creanga, I ^c   Miclaus, S ^d   Creanga, Dorina E ^a  

^a ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

^b Institute of Public Health Iasi   (Romania)

^c Forestry Territorial Office Iasi   (Romania)

^d Terrestrial Troupe Academy   (Romania)

Author keywords

Black locust seedlings; Chlorophyll; Electromagnetic fields

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOACACIA; ROBINIA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA;

EID: 15044354499     PISSN: 02365383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ABiol.56.2005.1-2.11     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Aksyonov, S. I., Bulychev, A. A., Grunina, T. Yu., Goryachev, S. N., Turovetsky, V. B. (2001) Effects of ELF-ELM treatment on wheat seeds at different stages of germination and possible mechanisms of their origin. Electro-Magnetobiol. 20, 231-253.
2. Carbonell, M. V., Martinez, E., Amaya, J. M. (2000) Stimulation of germination in rice (Oriza sativa L.) by a static magnetic field. Electro-Magnetobiol. 19, 121-128.
3. Celestino, C., Picazo, M. L., Toribio, M. (2000) Influence of chronic exposure to an electromagnetic field to germination and early growth of Quercus suber seeds: preliminary study. ElectroMagnetobiol. 19, 115-120.
4. Celestino, C., Picazo, M. L., Toribio, M., Alvarez-Ude, J. A. (1998) Influence of 50 Hz electromagnetic fields on reccurent embriogenesis and germination of cork oak somatic embryos. Plant Cell, Tissue Organ Cult. 54, 65-69.
5. Crawford, M. L. (1974) Generation of standard EM Fields Using TEM transmission cells. IEEE Trans. Electromagnetic Compatibility 16, 189-195.
6. Dayal, S., Shing, R. P. (1986) Effect of seed exposure to magnetic field on the height of tomato plants. Ind. J. Agric. Sci. 56, 483-486.
7. Enescu, V. (1989) Micropropagarea in vitro şi ameliorarea prin selecţie clonalǎ a salcâmului (Robinia pseudoacacia L.). Revista pǎdurilor 104, 6-9.
8. Fujikawa, H., Ushioda, H., Kudo, Y. (1992) Kinetics of Escherichia coli destruction by microwave irradiation. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 58, 920-924.
9. Goiceanu, C., Arteni, A., Avadanei, O. V., Artenie, V., Creanga, D. E. (2001) Some evidence of biological effects of ultrahigh frequency fields in Triticum aestivum. Proc. 9th Mediterranean Conf. Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, pp. 781-784.
10. Hanover, J. W., Mebrahtu, T., Bloese, P. (1989) Genetic improvement of black locust: A prime agroforestry species. Proc. 1st Conf. Agroforestry in Nord America, Ontario, Canada.
11. Hager, A., Meyer-Bertenrath, T. (1966) Die Isolierung und quantitative Bestimmung der Carotenoide und Chlorophylle von Blättern, Algen und isolierten Chloroplasten mit Hilfe dünnschichtchromatographischer Methoden. Planta 69, 128-217.
12. Hinrikus, H. (1999) Low-level microwave field effects on living systems. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 37, 45-49.
13. Jeng, D. K. H., Kaczmarek, K. A., Woodworth, A. G., Balasky, G. (1987) Mechanism of microwave sterilization in the dry state. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 53, 2133-2137.
14. Kalmukov, K. (2002) Selection and technological capacity of Robinia pseudoacacia L. for intensive culture production. Proc. IUFRO Meeting "Management of fast growing plantations", Izmit, Turkey, pp. 276-281.
15. Kakita, Y., Kashige, N., Murata, K., Kuroiwa, A., Funatsu, M., Watanabe, K. (1995) Inactivation of Lactobacillus bacteriophage PL-1 by microwave irradiation. Microbiol. Immunol. 39, 571-576.
16. Keresztesi, B. (ed.) (1988) The black locust. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary.
17. Lebedev, I. S., Litvinenko, L. G., Shiyan, L. T. (1977) After-effect of a permanent magnetic field on photochemical activity of chloroplasts. Sov. Plant Physiol. 24, 394-395.
18. Namba, K., Sasao, A., Shibushava, S. (1995) Effect of magnetic field on germination and plant growth. Acta. Hortic. 399, 143-147.
19. Phirke, P. S., Kubde, A. B., Umbakar, S. P. (1996) The influence of magnetic field on plant growth. Seed Sci. Technol. 24, 375-392.
20. Pietruszewski, S. (1996) Effects of magnetic biostimulation of wheat seeds on germination, yield and proteins. Int. Agrophys. 10, 51-55.
21. Redei, K. (2002) Improvement of black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) in Hungary. Proc. IUFRO Meeting on "Management of fast growing plantations", Izmit, Turkey, pp. 166-174.
22. Ružič, R., Jerman, I., Jelig, A., Fefer, D. (1992) Electromagnetic stimulation of buds of Castanea sativa Mill. in tissue culture. Electro-Magnetobiol. 11, 145-153.
23. Ružič, R., Vodnik, D., Jerman, I. (1998) Effects of weak low magnetic fields on spruce seeds germination under acid conditions. Can. J. For. Res. 28, 609-616.
24. Ružič, R., Jerman, I. (2002) Weak magnetic field decreases heat stress in cress seedlings. Electromag. Biol. Med. 21, 69-80.
25. Sandu, D. D. (2000) Transmission lines. Internal Research Report, "Al. I. Cuza" University, Iasi.
26. Schmutz, P., Siegenthaler, J., Stager, C., Tarjan, D., Bucher, J. B. (1996) Long-term exposure of young spruce and beech trees to 2450-MHz microwave radiation. Sci. Tot. Environ. 180, 43-48.
27. Stuchly, M. A., Stuchly, S. S. (1986) Experimental radio and microwave dosimetry. In: Polk, C., Postow, E. (ed.) Handbook of Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields. CRC Press, Boca Raton, pp. 229-272.
28. Stuchly, M. A., Stuchly, S. S. (1987) Measurements of electromagnetic fields in biomedical applications. CRC Crit. Rev. Biomed. Eng. 14, 241-88.
29. Suszka, B., Muller, C., Bonnet-Massimbert, M. (1994) Les chaines des arbres forestieres. INRA, Orleans.
30. Westerhoff, H. V., Tsong, T. Y., Chock, P. B., Chen, Y. D., Astumian, R. D. (1986) How enzymes can capture and transmit free-energy from an oscillating electric field. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 83, 4734-4738.