Static magnetic field exposure improves germination and vigour of fresh and carry over seeds of garden pea

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2012-09-27

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Pisum sativum, static magnetic field, seed vigour, natural ageing.
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Vol. 69 No. 03 (2012): Indian Journal of Horticulture

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Authors

  • Shantha Nagarajan Nuclear Research Laboratory, IARI, New Delhi
  • Jyotsna Bharadwaj Division of Plant Physiology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012
  • Anjali Anand Division of Plant Physiology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012
  • V.K. Pandita IARI Regional Station, Karnal, Haryana
  • A.P.S. Verma Division of Plant Physiology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012

Abstract

An experiment was conducted at Nuclear Research Laboratory, IARI, New Delhi to find out the appropriate dose of magnetic field energy for fresh garden pea breeder seed of variety 'Bonneville'. Electromagnetic field strength (50 to 500 mT) was applied to fresh and aged seeds Among the treaments, 100 mT for 1 h exposure was found to the best and was able to bring back the vigour to the level of fresh seeds. The increase over the unexposed aged seed was 3.5% for germination, 40.3% for seeding length, 35.9% for seeding dry weight.

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Nagarajan, S., Bharadwaj, J., Anand, A., Pandita, V., & Verma, A. (2012). Static magnetic field exposure improves germination and vigour of fresh and carry over seeds of garden pea. Indian Journal of Horticulture, 69(03), 435–438. Retrieved from https://journal.iahs.org.in/index.php/ijh/article/view/2019

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