Two-Hour Magneto-Priming with Static Magnetic Fields Ranging from 65 ± 3 to 505 ± 8 mT Does Not Improve the Germination Percentage of Industrial Hemp Seed at a Sub-Optimal Germination Temperature
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Plant Material
2.2. Magnetic Field Generation and Magnetic Treatment
2.3. Germination Tests
3. Results
4. Discussion
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Species | Static Magnetic Field Treatment | Increase in SG | T in °C | Source |
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Onion | 1.5 µT for 12 h | 36.6% | NR | [9] |
Rice | 1.5 µT for 12 h | 16.5% | NR | [9] |
Rice | 150–250 mT chronically | 12–18% | 20 ± 4 °C | [10] |
Salvia | 125 or 250 mT for 1, 10, 20 min, 1, 24 h, chronic | 30% | 20 °C | [11] |
Sunflower | 50–250 mT for 1–4 h | 5–11% | RT | [12] |
Corn | 150 mT for 10 min | 17% | NR | [13] |
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Spendier, K. Two-Hour Magneto-Priming with Static Magnetic Fields Ranging from 65 ± 3 to 505 ± 8 mT Does Not Improve the Germination Percentage of Industrial Hemp Seed at a Sub-Optimal Germination Temperature. J 2018, 1, 192-196. https://doi.org/10.3390/j1010017
Spendier K. Two-Hour Magneto-Priming with Static Magnetic Fields Ranging from 65 ± 3 to 505 ± 8 mT Does Not Improve the Germination Percentage of Industrial Hemp Seed at a Sub-Optimal Germination Temperature. J. 2018; 1(1):192-196. https://doi.org/10.3390/j1010017
Chicago/Turabian StyleSpendier, Kathrin. 2018. "Two-Hour Magneto-Priming with Static Magnetic Fields Ranging from 65 ± 3 to 505 ± 8 mT Does Not Improve the Germination Percentage of Industrial Hemp Seed at a Sub-Optimal Germination Temperature" J 1, no. 1: 192-196. https://doi.org/10.3390/j1010017