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http://dx.doi.org/10.6109/jkiice.2013.17.1.242

Effects of Static Magnetic Fields on Early Seed Germination and Radish Sprouts Growth  

Lee, Young-Jin (한국해양대학교 전자통신공학과)
Lim, Ji-Hun (한국해양대학교 전자통신공학과)
Park, Dong-Kook (한국해양대학교 전자통신공학과)
Abstract
In order to prepare for weakening of the productivity of agriculture due to serious climate change, the researches on promoting the growth of plant are required. Although the method of using magnetic field for improving the growth of plant was introduced, the effective method of imposing the field on the plant have yet to be studied thoroughly in the literatures. In this paper, we investigated the effects of static magnetic field on the growth and the early seed germination of radish sprouts according to the strength, direction of excitation and the expose time of the magnetic field, and present the effective method of imposing magnetic fields. From the measurements, it was found that the radish sprouts exposed in the field shows a rapid germination of about 3~4 days than those which had no field, and in order to the effective growth, the strength of the magnetic field should be properly selected, and the excitation direction of magnetic field has little effect on the radish sprouts growth.
Keywords
Magnetic field; magnetic field effect; radish sprout; rate of growth; germination;
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