Effects of weak 16 2/3 Hz magnetic fields on growth parameters of young sunflower and wheat seedlings

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 638-641

  Fischer, G ^a   Tausz, M ^b   Kock M ^a   Grill, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

ELF magnetic field; Helianthus annus; Railway lines; Seedling growth; Triticum aestivum

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RAILROADS;

DRY WEIGHT; ELF MAGNETIC FIELDS; EXPOSED TO; FRESH WEIGHT; HELIANTHUS ANNUS; MAGNETIC-FIELD; RAILWAY LINE; SEEDLING GROWTH; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; WHEAT SEEDLINGS;

GERMINATION;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; DRY WEIGHT; ELECTRIC RAILWAY; EXPOSURE; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELD; FRESH WEIGHT; GERMANY; GERMINATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAILWAY; SEEDLING; SHOOT; SUNFLOWER; WHEAT;

HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 9244250385     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20058     Document Type: Article

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