Seed orientation and magnetic field strength have more influence on tomato seed performance than relative humidity and duration of exposure to non-uniform static magnetic fields

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 170, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 1251-1258

  Poinapen, Danny ^a,b,c   Brown, Daniel C W ^b,d   Beeharry, Girish K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

^d ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomass partitioning; Electrolyte leakage; Germination; Orthogonal array (OA); S. lycopersicum

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PARTITIONING; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ELECTROLYTE LEAKAGE; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMIDITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MC; MOISTURE; ORTHOGONAL ARRAY (OA); PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; RH; S. LYCOPERSICUM; SEEDLING; SMFS; STATIC MAGNETIC FIELDS; TIME; TOMATO;

BIOMASS PARTITIONING; ELECTROLYTE LEAKAGE; GERMINATION; MC; MOISTURE CONTENT; ORTHOGONAL ARRAY (OA); RELATIVE HUMIDITY; RH; S. LYCOPERSICUM; SMFS; STATIC MAGNETIC FIELDS;

GERMINATION; HUMIDITY; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SEEDLING; SEEDS; TIME FACTORS; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 84881543541     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2013.04.016     Document Type: Article

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