Magneto-Priming: A Novel Technique Towards Improved Seed Germinability

TABLE 5.2 (Continued)

Stress

Plants

Doses of Magneto-Priming Responses

References

Used to Alleviate Stress

Drought or

water stress

UV-B stress

Temperature

and light

stress

Glycine max (Linn.)

Merr.

Zea mays L.

Zea mays L.

Triticum aestivum

L.

Glycine max (Linn.)

Merr.

Zea mays L.

Raphanus sativus

L.

200 mT SMF

100 mT–150 mT EMF

100 mT–200 mT SMF

2.9 mT–4.7 mT SMF

200 mT SMF

150 mT SMF

400 A/m WMF

Enhanced plant growth, synthesis of photosynthetic

pigments, PSII efficiency, rate of photosynthesis and

biomass production

Improved plant growth, chlorophyll content, rate of

photosynthesis, transpiration rate, stomatal conductance,

sub-stomatal CO2 concentration, photochemical, and

non-photochemical quenching reactions

Enhanced plant growth, leaf water content and potential,

stomatal turgor potentiality, photosynthesis, and stomatal

conductance, but decreased activities of POX, CAT, and

SOD

Increased chlorophyll and carotenoids contents but

reduced activities of SOD, POX, APX, and CAT

Increased plant growth, PSII or photosynthetic

efficiency, crop yield, activities of various enzymes

like carbonic anhydrase or nitrogenase, nucleic acids,

protein, and NO contents in leaves, decreased levels of

ROS with improved antioxidant defense mechanisms

Enhanced chilling tolerance, increased plant growth,

chlorophyll, and total phenolic contents, improved gas

exchange parameters, increased protein, or oil contents

in seed but reduced membrane permeability

Increased levels of glycolipids, phospholipids as well as

phospholipids to sterols ratio

Baghel et al.

(2018)

Javed et al.

(2011)

Anand et al.

(2012)

Sen &

Alikamanoglu

(2014)

Kataria et al.

(2017a, 2020)

Afzal et al.

(2015)

Novitskaya et

al. (2010)

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