Magnetic treatment of irrigation water and snow pea and chickpea seeds enhances early growth and nutrient contents of seedlings

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-65

  Grewal, Harsharn S ^a   Maheshwari, Basant L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergence rate index; Irrigation; Magnetic treatment; Seedling growth; Seedling nutrient content

Indexed keywords

NUTRIENTS; SNOW; WATER TREATMENT;

CHICKPEA SEEDS; DRY WEIGHT; EARLY GROWTH; EMERGENCE RATE INDICES; IRRIGATION WATERS; MAGNETIC TREATMENT; NUTRIENT CONTENTS; SEEDLING GROWTH; SEEDLING NUTRIENT CONTENT; SNOW PEA;

IRRIGATION;

CICER ARIETINUM; PISUM SATIVUM; PISUM SATIVUM VAR. MACROCARPON;

WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKPEA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MAGNETISM; METABOLISM; PEA; PH; PLANT SEED; SEEDLING;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; CICER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MAGNETICS; PEAS; SEEDLING; SEEDS; WATER;

EID: 78650060206     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20615     Document Type: Article

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