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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Magnetic Field Treatments Improves Sunflower Yield by Inducing Physiological and Biochemical Modulations in Seeds.

Irfan Afzal, Saman Saleem, Milan Skalicky, Talha Javed, Muhammad Amir Bakhtavar, Zia Ul Haq, Muhammad Kamran, Muhammad Shahid, Muhammad Sohail Saddiq, Aneela Afzal and 6 more

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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16 authors.

Irfan AfzalDepartment of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0001-5942-7672
Saman SaleemDepartment of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0003-2539-7027
Milan SkalickyDepartment of Botany and Plant Physiology, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamycka 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-4114-6909
Talha JavedDepartment of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0003-2986-9992
Muhammad Amir BakhtavarDepartment of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan.
Zia Ul HaqDepartment of Physics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan.
Muhammad KamranDepartment of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan.
Muhammad ShahidDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan.
Muhammad Sohail SaddiqDepartment of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan.
Aneela AfzalDepartment of Sociology, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi 46300, Pakistan.
Noshin ShafqatDepartment of Agriculture, Hazara University, Mansehra 21120, Pakistan.
Eldessoky S DessokyDepartment of Biology, College of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-8752-3450
Aayushi GuptaDepartment of Botany and Plant Physiology, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamycka 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0001-6390-8591
Joanna Korczyk-SzaboDepartment of Sustainable Agriculture and Herbology, Slovak University of Agriculture, 949 01 Nitra, Slovakia.
Marian BresticDepartment of Botany and Plant Physiology, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamycka 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0003-3470-6100
Ayman E L SabaghDepartment of Agronomy, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafr Elshiekh 33516, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-4241-192X

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Magnetic seed enhancement has been practicing as a promising tool to improve germination and seedling growth of low vigor seeds stored under suboptimal conditions, but there is still ambiguity regarding the prospects for magnetism in oilseeds. Present study elucidates the potential of magnetic seed stimulation to improve sunflower germination, growth and yield. Germination and emergence tests were performed to optimize the strength of the magnetic field to sunflower seed enhancement. The seeds were directly exposed to magnetic field strengths of 50, 100 and 150 millitesla (mT) for 5, 10 and 15 min (min) and then standard germination tests were performed. Secondly, the emergence potential of untreated seeds was compared with seed exposed to hydropriming, priming with 3% moringa leaf extract (MLE), priming with magnetically treated water (MTW) for 10 min and priming with 3% MLE solution prepared in magnetically treated water (MTW + MLE). Germination, emergence, seedling growth and seed biochemical properties were used to select the best treatment for field evaluation. The results of the study revealed that magnetic seed treatment with 100 mT for 10 min and seed priming with 3% MLE solution in magnetically treated water (MTW + MLE) significantly improved emergence, crop growth rate and sunflower yield.

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Magnetic FieldsGenotypeGerminationHelianthusPlant DevelopmentPlant OilsQuantitative Trait, HeritableSeedsWaterPlant OilsWatermagnetically treated watermagnetic fieldmoringa leaf extractoilseedvigor

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