Analysis and control of ornamental plant responses to exposure to electromagnetic fields

Abstract

All plants, including ornamentals, are subject to different stressors related to their environment. These can disrupt their progress, including their ability to generate pollen and reproduce successfully. These stressors may involve inert natural impacts such as temperature, deficiency and salinity levels of water. They may also involve natural active effects such as herbivores and pathogens. Other types of accidental natural effects, such as storms and lightning, could also occur. There are also artificial effects that shape the environment of human activity. Nowadays, the environment of electromagnetic fields, and in particular those at high frequency, are an important element. This contribution aims to propose an analysis and a strategy for controlling the biological effects of plant exposure to such fields. The analysis takes into account the nature of the exposure source, the properties of the exposed materials and the exposure conditions. This is accomplished through the governing equations related to electromagnetic and heat transfer phenomena permitting the prediction of biological thermal effects of the exposure. The involved coupled phenomena solution approach makes it possible to predict, verify, and provide means of protection against exposure. The proposed survey is supported by a review of the literature on the various subjects concerned.

Keywords

• emf exposure
• daily rf devices
• plant tissues
• biological effects
• thermal behavior
• emf model
• bio-heat transfer model
• coupled strategy