Title :
Polarity effect on growth acceleration of arabidopsis thaliana by DC electric field
Author :
Okumura, Takashi ; Muramoto, Yoshifumi ; Shimizu, N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Meijo Univ., Nagoya, Japan
fDate :
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
Abstract :
We have been studying the effect of dc electric field on plant growth. It is clearly indicated that the dc field increases the plant growth. In our recent study, the seeds of Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress) were cultivated under 0.0 kV/m, 2.5 kV/m, 5.0 kV/m, 1.0 kV/m, and 15.0 kV/m. The results are briefly summarized as follows: (i) dc field increases seed germination rate. (ii) It is suggested that the optimum field strength for plant growth exists around 10.0 kV/m. The effect of dc field polarity on plant growth also should be studied. In this report, we examined the polarity effect on growth acceleration of Arabidopsis thaliana by dc electric field.
Keywords :
agricultural engineering; electric fields; Arabidopsis thaliana seeds; dc electric field; grain production; growth acceleration; optimum field strength; plant growth; polarity effect; Acceleration; Conferences; Cotton; Dielectrics; Electric fields; Plasmas; Solids; Arabidopsis thaliana; dc electric field; plant growth acceleration;
Conference_Titel :
Solid Dielectrics (ICSD), 2013 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Bologna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0807-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICSD.2013.6619702
