Effect of Low Frequency Magnetic Field on Germination of Onion (Allium cepa L.) Seeds

• Authors: L. Kubisz , R. Hołubowicz , M. Gauza , H. Li , D. Hojan-Jezierska , F. Jaroszyk
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Commercial seed lots of onion (Allium cepa L.) of the cultivars "Octavia" and "Eureka" were soaked for 12 h in water of the temperature 20°C, then they were exposed to low frequency magnetic field (20 mT) for 10, 30, and 60 min. The field was generated using a standard device for magnetic stimulation VIOFOR JPS applied in human medical treatment. Next, the seeds were evaluated for energy and capacity of germination, length of the received germs as well as fresh masses of the obtained seedlings using the routine methods recommended by the International Seed Testing Association. For the seeds of the cultivar "Octavia", the field did not affect the energy of germination, however it did improve in all tested treatments their germination capacity. In the best of them (60 min), the germination capacity increased by 4.6%. For the seeds of the cultivar "Eureka", the tested field increased their energy of germination, which improves evenness of plants emergences in the field and has a significant importance for horticultural practice. When the seeds were exposed to the field for 60 min, their germination energy increased from 40% (control) to 63%. This result was accompanied by no differences in both length of germs and fresh masses of the received from them seedlings.

Keywords

EN

87.17.-d; 87.18.Nq

Discipline

• 87.18.Nq: Large-scale biological processes and integrative biophysics
• 87.17.-d: Cell processes

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 121
• Issue: 1A
• Pages: A-49-A-53

Dates

published

2012-01

Contributors

author

L. Kubisz

• Department of Biophysics, Poznań University of Medical Sciences, A. Fredry 10, 61-701 Poznań, Poland
• Higher Vocational State School, Piła, Poland

author

R. Hołubowicz

• Department of Seed Science and Technology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland

author

M. Gauza

• Department of Biophysics, Poznań University of Medical Sciences, A. Fredry 10, 61-701 Poznań, Poland

author

H. Li

• Cotton Research Center, Jinan, Shandong Province, P.R. China

author

D. Hojan-Jezierska

• Department of Biophysics, Poznań University of Medical Sciences, A. Fredry 10, 61-701 Poznań, Poland
• Higher Vocational State School, Piła, Poland

author

F. Jaroszyk

• Department of Biophysics, Poznań University of Medical Sciences, A. Fredry 10, 61-701 Poznań, Poland
• Higher Vocational State School, Piła, Poland

References

• [1] P.V. Savostin, Planta 12, 327 (1930)
• [2] J.D. Murphy, Am. J. Bot. 29, 1955 (1942)
• [3] L.J. Audus, Nature 185, 132 (1960)
• [4] S. Pietruszewski, Seed Sci. Technol. 21, 621 (1993)
• [5] N.A. Belyavskaya, Adv. Space Res. 34, 1566 (2004)
• [6] E. Martínez, J.M. Amaya, Electro-Magnetobiol. 19, 271 (2000)
• [7] M.V. Carbonell, J.M. Amaya, Electro-Magnetobiol. 19, 121 (2000)
• [8] M. Florez, M.V. Carbonell, E. Martinez, Environm. Exp. Botany 59, 68 (2007)
• [9] L. Sakhnini, J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 310, 1032 (2007)
• [10] W.C. Mo, Z.J. Zang, Y. Liu, G.J. Zhai, Y.D. Jiang, Q.R. He, Adv. Space Res., (2011)
• [11] A. Vashisth, S. Nagarajan, J. Plant Physiol. 167, 149 (2010)
• [12] S. Lama, J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 310, 1032 (2007)
• [13] Jae-Duk, H. Moon, S. Chung, J. Electrostat. 48, 103 (2000)
• [14] Y. Yao, Y.A. Li, Y.Q. Yang, C.Y. Li, Environm. Exp. Botany 54, 286 (2005)
• [15] M. Tkalec, K. Malaric, M. Pavlica, B. Pevalek-Kozlina, Mutation Res. 672, 76 (2009)
• [16] R. Ruzic, A. Jeglic, D. Fefer, Can. J. Forest Res. 28, 609 (1998)
• [17] Anonymous, Seed Sci. Technol. 27, Suppl. Rules, 27, 123, 155, 196 (1999)
• [18] L.O. Copeland, M.B. McDonald, Principles of Seed Science and Technology. 2nd ed., Burgass Publ. Co., Minneapolis, Minnesota 1995
• [19] http://faostat.fao.org, access (23.09.2010)
• [20] M. Black, J.D. Bewley, P. Halmer, The Encyclopedia of Seeds Science, Technology and Uses, CABI, Oxfordshire 2006
• [21] R.A.T. George, Vegetable Seed Production, Longman, London 1985
• [22] P. Halmer, Acta Hort. 771, 17 (2008)
• [23] http://www.medandlife.co, access (17.04.2011)
• [24] J. Korohoda, Seed Production of Vegetable Plants, PWRiL, Warszawa 1974 (in Polish)
• [25] A.F. Kelly, Encyclopaedia of Seed Production of World Crops, Wiley, Chichester 1998
• [26] J.L. Xia, L.Y. Yi, X.Y. Liu, Songliao J. 1, 11 (2000) (in Chinese)
• [27] J. Xu, S.Y. Zheng, Seeds 28, 86 (2000) (in Chinese)
• [28] L.P. Zou, H.P. Gao, Z.Q. Gui, J. Hubei Agric. Sci. 3, 51 (2002) (in Chinese)
• [29] Z.Q. Liu, Z.P. Hu, Z.Q. Xie, J. Anhui Agric. Sci. 36, 91 (2008) (in Chinese)
• [30] H.M. Gong, J. Anhui Agric. Sci. 35, 6723 (2007) (in Chinese)
• [31] J. Zhu, X. Liu, J.K. Hong, Z.H. Hu, Acta Bot. Boreal. Occident. Sin. 23, 792 (2003) (in Chinese)
• [32] R.D. Shen, X.W. Li, Y.S. Peng, J.H. Wang, Acta Laser Biol. Sin. 8, 42 (1999) (in Chinese)
• [33] Q.X. Liu, L.C. Yu, J. Anhui Agric. Sci. 38, 13626 (2010) (in Chinese)
• [34] Y.H. Liu, B.X. Huang, R.Z. Zhang, X.B. Yuan, C.J. Liang, M.N.Wang, J. Jinan Univ. 17, 286 (2003) (in Chinese)
• [35] G. Jamieson, Acta Hort. 782, 143 (2008)
• [36] R.M. Mostafa, Y.M. Mostafa, A. Ennaceur, Physiol. Behav. 76, 589 (2002)
• [37] Z. Forgács, G. Tuhórczy, K. Paksy, L.D. Szabó, Bioelectromagnetics 19, 429 (1998)
• [38] A.R. Liboff, Biol. Phys. 9, 99 (1985)
• [39] C.L.M. Koch, M. Sommarin, B.R.R. Person, L.G. Sabford, I.L. Eberhard, Bioelectromagnetics 24, 395 (2003)
• [40] C. Lei, H. Berg, Bioelectrochem. Bioenerg. 45, 261 (1998)
• [41] K. Ratajczak, R. Hołubowicz, Folia Hort. 20, 85 (2008)

Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.121.A-49