Effects of combined DC and AC magnetic fields on germination of hornwort seeds

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 552-559

  Kobayashi, Masanori ^a   Soda, Naoya ^a   Miyo, Takuya ^a   Ueda, Yoshiro ^a  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extremely low frequency; Field direction; Frequency response; Geomagnetic fields; Seed germination

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; GEOMAGNETISM; GERMINATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX;

AC FIELD; AC MAGNETIC FIELDS; DC MAGNETIC FIELD; EXPOSED TO; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCIES; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELDS; FIELD DIRECTIONS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; SEED GERMINATION; TIME VARYING;

FREQUENCY RESPONSE;

ALTERNATING CURRENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOTAENIA JAPONICA HASSK; DENSITY; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD DIRECTION; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELD; GEOLOGY; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GERMINATION; HORNWORT; MAGNETIC FLUX DENSITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CRYPTOTAENIA JAPONICA; JAPONICA;

EID: 7044226411     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20032     Document Type: Article

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