TY  - EJOU
AU  - MC, Cammaerts 
AU  - Johansson, O 

TI  - Effect of man-made electromagnetic fields on common <i>Brassicaceae Lepidium sativum</i> (cress d’Alinois) seed germination: a preliminary replication study
T2  - Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany

PY  - 2015
VL  - 84
IS  - 1
SN  - 1851-5657

AB  - Under high levels of radiation (70-100 µW/m2 =175 mV/m), seeds of Brassicaceae <i>Lepidium sativum</i> (cress d’Alinois) never germinated. In fact, the first step of seeds’ germination ‒ e.g. imbibitions of germinal cells ‒ could not occur under radiation, while inside the humid compost such imbibitions occurred and roots slightly developed. When removed from the electromagnetic field, seeds germinated normally. The radiation was, thus, most likely the cause of the non-occurrence of the seeds’ imbibitions and germination.
KW  - Imbibitions
KW  -  Seeds
KW  -  Water
KW  -  Wireless waves

DO  - 10.32604/phyton.2015.84.132