Improvement of the growth and yield of lettuce plants by non-uniform magnetic fields

Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 173-184

  De Souza, Angel ^a,c   Sueiro, Lilita ^a   González, Luis Manuel ^a   Licea, Luis ^a   Porras, Elia Porras ^a   Gilart, Fidel ^b  

^a Agricultural Research Institute Jorge Dimitrov   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Cuba)

^c Center for Environmental Research Services and Technologies of Granma (CITAG)   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Inhomogeneous magnetic fields; Lactuca sativa L; Pre sowing magnetic treatments; Stimulating effect

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; ECOLOGY; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PLANT LIFE EXTENSION; SEED; STAGES; STANDARDS;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; CONTROL PLANTS; GROWTH AND YIELD; IN PLANTS; LEAF AREA (LA); LETTUCE SEEDS; MAGNETIC (CE); NON-UNIFORM MAGNETIC FIELDS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MATURITY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT HEIGHT; RELATIVE GROWTH RATE (RGR); ROOT LENGTH; SIMPSON (CO); VEGETATIVE GROWTH; YIELD PARAMETERS;

MAGNETISM;

LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; LETTUCE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE;

CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; LETTUCE; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 46249108996     PISSN: 15368378     EISSN: 15368386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15368370802118605     Document Type: Article

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