DocumentCode
2006764
Title
Acceleration of plant growth by D.C. electric field
Author
Okumura, T. ; Muramoto, Y. ; Shimizu, N.
Author_Institution
Depts. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Meijo Univ., Nagoya, Japan
fYear
2010
fDate
4-9 July 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
Abstract
We have studied that the influence of D.C. electric field on plant growth. This paper reports the effect of the D.C. electric field on seed germination and weight change. Raphanus sativus longipinnatus 〈daikon radish〉 and Arabidopsis thaliana 〈thale-cress〉 were tested. The results are following: (a) The application of D.C. electric field improves the seed germination rate in daikon radish and thale-cress. (b) The D.C. electric field increases the length and the weight of daikon radish. (c) The D.C. electric field encourages the consumption of substances which is stored in the seed of daikon radish.
Keywords
bioelectric phenomena; biological effects of fields; botany; Arabidopsis thaliana; DC electric field; Raphanus sativus longipinnatus; daikon radish; plant growth acceleration; seed germination; thale-cress; weight change; Absorption; Acceleration; Electric fields; Electrodes; Meteorology; Publishing; Reliability; electric field; plant growth acceleration;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Solid Dielectrics (ICSD), 2010 10th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Potsdam
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-7945-0
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-7943-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICSD.2010.5568265
Filename
5568265
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