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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/ICSD.2010.5568265
