Effects of Presowing Pulsed Electromagnetic Treatment of Tomato Seed on Growth, Yield, and Lycopene Content
Joint Authors
Triantafyllidis, Vassilios
Efthimiadou, Aspasia
Katsenios, Nikolaos
Karkanis, Anestis
Papastylianou, Panayiota
Travlos, Ilias
Bilalis, Dimitrios J.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-07-06
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
The use of magnetic field as a presowing treatment has been adopted by researchers as a new environmental friendly technique.
The aim of this study was to determine the effect of magnetic field exposure on tomato seeds covering a range of parameters such as transplanting percentage, plant height, shoot diameter, number of leaves per plant, fresh weight, dry weight, number of flowers, yield, and lycopene content.
Pulsed electromagnetic field was used for 0, 5, 10, and 15 minutes as a presowing treatment of tomato seeds in a field experiment for two years.
Papimi device (amplitude on the order of 12.5 mT) has been used.
The use of pulsed electromagnetic field as a presowing treatment was found to enhance plant growth in tomato plants at certain duration of exposure.
Magnetic field treatments and especially the exposure of 10 and 15 minutes gave the best results in all measurements, except plant height and lycopene content.
Yield per plant was higher in magnetic field treatments, compared to control.
MF-15 treatment yield was 80.93% higher than control treatment.
Lycopene content was higher in magnetic field treatments, although values showed no statistically significant differences.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Efthimiadou, Aspasia& Katsenios, Nikolaos& Karkanis, Anestis& Papastylianou, Panayiota& Triantafyllidis, Vassilios& Travlos, Ilias…[et al.]. 2014. Effects of Presowing Pulsed Electromagnetic Treatment of Tomato Seed on Growth, Yield, and Lycopene Content. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1049355
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Efthimiadou, Aspasia…[et al.]. Effects of Presowing Pulsed Electromagnetic Treatment of Tomato Seed on Growth, Yield, and Lycopene Content. The Scientific World Journal No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1049355
American Medical Association (AMA)
Efthimiadou, Aspasia& Katsenios, Nikolaos& Karkanis, Anestis& Papastylianou, Panayiota& Triantafyllidis, Vassilios& Travlos, Ilias…[et al.]. Effects of Presowing Pulsed Electromagnetic Treatment of Tomato Seed on Growth, Yield, and Lycopene Content. The Scientific World Journal. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1049355
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1049355