The effects of an artificial and static magnetic field on plant growth, chlorophyll and phytohormone levels in maize and sunflower plants

Phyton - Annales Rei Botanicae

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 271-284

  Turker, Musa ^a   Temirci, Cabir ^a   Battal, Peyami ^a   Erez, Mehmet E ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Magnetic field; Maize; Phytohormones; Sunflower

Indexed keywords

HELIANTHUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34347354243     PISSN: 00792047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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