Magneto-Priming: A Novel Technique Towards Improved Seed Germinability

TABLE 5.1 Effects of Magneto-Priming on Seed Germination and Crop Performance

Crops

Dose of Magnetic Field Effect

References

Glycine max

1.5 μT at 10.0 Hz PMF Increased activities of β-amylase, CAT, PPO, and acid phosphatase,

Radhakrishnan &

for 5 h per day for 20

content of various minerals, plant height, leaf number, total number

Kumari (2012)

days

of pods, pod length, number of seeds, seed weight.

But reduced activities of hydrolytic enzymes as well as nitrate

reductase enzyme or content of Ca.

Helianthus annuus

20 μT

Increased fresh weight of seedlings

Fischer et al. (2004)

Triticum aestivum

From 0.02 μT to 100 μT Increased activation rate of esterases but reduced plant growth

Aksyonov et al. (2007);

Bogatina et al. (1978)

Abelmoschus

99 mT

Improved germination rate

Naz et al. (2012)

esculentus

Allium ascalonicum

7 mT

Higher accumulation of H2O2 with increased lipid peroxidation rate

Cakmak et al. (2012)

Coffea arabica

2 mT

Decreased APX, SOD, and CAT activities

Alemán et al. (2014)

Cucumis sativus

100–250 mT

Increased generation of superoxide radicals and hydrogen peroxide

Bhardwaj et al. (2012)

Glycine max

1,500 nT of PMF for 20 Reduced ROS generation but increased the Rubisco activity

Radhakrishnan &

days @ 10 Hz for 5 hrs.

Kumari (2012)

day–1

Triticum aestivum

4 or 7 mT

Increased germination rate, increased CAT activity but reduced

Hasenstein et al. (2013);

30-mT

peroxidase activity, changed the position of amyloplasts within the

cells

Payez et al. (2013)

Vicia faba

15 mT to 30 mT

Higher accumulation of ROS, the modified activity of catalase and

Haghighat et al. (2014);

MAPK

Jouni et al. (2012)

Hyssopus officinalis 90 mT, 200 mT for 5

Reduced electrolyte leakage and MDA content but increased CAT

Mohammadi &

min

and APX activities, polyphenols, total chlorophyll contents and

Roshandel (2020)

biomass at 200 mT

Vigna radiata (Linn.) 87–226 mT SMF

Increased mean germination rate, imbibition rate with increasing

Mahajan & Pandey

Wilczek.

intensity of MF

(2014)

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