Water stress reveals effects of ELF magnetic fields on the growth of seedlings

Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-30

  Ružič, Romana ^a   Jerman, Igor ^a   Gogala, Nada ^b  

^a The Institute for Bioelectromagnetics and New Biology Ljubljana   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic stimulation; Germination; Growth; Polyethylene glycol; Spruce seeds; Stress conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042999652     PISSN: 15368378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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