African Journal of Biological Sciences (Jan 2022)

Effect of magnetic field on the shoot length of Triticum aestivum

  • Deepanshu Sharma,
  • Alpa Rajput,
  • Surya Priya Ulaganathan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.33472/AFJBS.4.1.2022.122-126
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 122 – 126

Abstract

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The present study provides an observation and documentation on the effect of static magnetic field on the growth of Triticum aestivum. The seeds are allowed to germinate and the seedlings are grown in an environment of the controlled static magnetic field while other physical factors such as temperature, light exposure, soil pH, etc. are held constant. Also, a comparison of influence on the average height between both the poles of the magnet is estimated and north pole oriented magnet is found to imply a significant difference. Finally some of the potential applications of the study in non-invasive protein silencing, GMO production, Vertical farming and Terraforming are briefly discussed.

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