Enhancement of germination, growth, and photosynthesis in soybean by pre-treatment of seeds with magnetic field

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 474-484

  Shine, M B ^a   Guruprasad, K N ^a   Anand, Anjali ^b  

^a DEVI AHILYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Magnetic field; Photosynthesis; Soybean

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CULTIVATION; FLUORESCENCE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS;

DIFFERENT-MAGNETIC FIELDS; DRY WEIGHT; FRESH WEIGHT; MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTHS; MAGNETIC-FIELD; PRE-TREATMENTS; SOYBEAN; SOYBEAN [GLYCINE MAX (L.) MERR.]; STATIC MAGNETIC FIELDS; VIGOR INDICES;

GERMINATION;

GLYCINE MAX;

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAGNETIC FIELD; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEEDLING; SOYBEAN;

CHLOROPHYLL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GERMINATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; SEEDLING; SEEDS; SOYBEANS; WATER;

EID: 79960959165     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20656     Document Type: Article

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