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ed toward the north, a greater number of female flowers is grown from untreated eyes! Pittman concluded that formed than in the case of seeds oriented toward the south. "Pregermination magnetic treatment of the eye may have Since cucumber fruits are produced from the female flower, effected a change in the metabolic process in the bud that northward orientation of the seed radicals will lead, of course, eventually promoted earlier and greater tuber initiation. to greater yield per plant." Tubers initiated early would have had more time to develop In general, northward orientation of the embryonic radical _ size than those initiated later." (particularly of corn) promotes femaleness, while orientation Other researchers have found that exposure of seeds to south encourages masculinity. Several magnetic fields increases the per- investigations have revealed that the “77 —_____—"="——"=—= centages of germinations of response of seeds when oriented Other researchers have found unchilled apricot and apple seeds, tw the rose ole Ses A eee evens oye of a bees, seed and the sexual characteristics of Magnetic fields increases the — ana cereal seedlings and the rate of the plant type. When oriented with ercentages of erminations of tomato ripening. | the tip of the embryo radical toward 3 § P. W. Ssawsotin reported that a the south geomagnetic pole, lacvoro- unchilled apricot and apple low intensity (60 Oe) magnetic tary seeds have higher rates of growth, . : field may affect some biological respiration and enzymatic activity and seeds, Increases the yields of processes as much as high intensi- up to 50% greater yields. Likewise, snap beans, accelerates the ty (1,600 Oc) magnets. Some of dextrorotary seeds respond with 7% to the effective 'windows' are quite 32% enhanced growth and yields growth of legume and narrow. Strekova et al. found that when their embryo tips are pointed at cereal seedlings... field strengths of about 60 Oe the Earth's north geomagnetic pole. =n increased the growth rate of beans, When conifer seeds are sown with cucumbers, lupins, maize and rye, their embryo radicals oriented south, they germinate 4 to 5 _ but the rye was unaffected by a 100 Oe magnetic field. The days earlier than do seeds oriented toward the north pole. greatest effects were obtained at the temperatures which are Phases of the Moon have a profound effect on the germina- optimal for the growth of each plant type. (Ref.: Planta tion of conifers: when sprouted with their embryo radicals —12:327.) oriented south during a full moon, they will germinate faster Soviet scientists Lazarenko and Gorbatovskaya have than when germinated during the new moon. reported "that wheat seeds and barley seeds, premagnetised in If there is any doubt about the directivity or gender of a magnetic field of intensity 2,000 oersteds for 30 minutes, seeds, positive results can be obtained in any case by two germinate far more vigorously than the control seeds. Wheat wecks' treatment in the magnetic null, the quiet region where — seeds and barley sceds 'magnctised’ with the major axis ori- the magnetic pull is balanced between north and south. This ented with the magnetic flux, germinate far more vigorously region is easily located by observing the patterns formed by __ than seeds oriented athwart the magnetic flux, and the germi- iron powder scattered on a glass pane placed over the magnet. _ nation of the latter seeds is actually retarded (as compared to U. J. Pittman also grew potatocs from excised, magnetical- _ the control seeds)... ly-treated eyes. The field-grown crop yielded about 17% "Even more curious results were yielded by experiments in more marketable tubers that weighed 38.5% more than those = which seeds were heated in a test tube left for 30 minutes in boiling water... Compared to the control seeds, Figure 5: DeLand's “Frost-Guard Tower" the seeds heated (in the dry state described above) and exposed to the magnetic field exhibited Mawes Tower 32' greater sprouting activity." (Ref.: M. A. & Coil, Khvedelidze et al., Applied Electrical Phenomena 1(19):52-9, Jan-Feb 1968.) However, it is possible to retard the germination of seeds if the magnetic field is too intense. V. Strekova reported on the "Effect of a High Intensity Constant Magnetic Field on Mitosis in Bean Roots”. He found that four-day germination of bean seeds in a nonhomogeneous 12,000 Oc i constant magnetic field causes suppression of the Insulating oy growth rate of the root system by up to 40%, and Spacers * mutations. (Ref.: Applied Electrical Phenomena, no. 6, Nov-Dec, 1967.) An excellent review of Soviet research into the "Electrical Protection of Plants against Discase” is published in Applied Electrical Phenomena, no. 6, Nov-Dec, 1966, pp. 454-8). The following 144! max. Magnet €XCerpts pertainhere: : radius & Coil "A constant magnetic field applied to cereal seeds gave the following effect: in the first variant with a constant field of 1,500 Oc and differences ‘4 144° max. pry radius Magnet & Coil 7 Wires Coil Tower 32! Magnet & Coily ‘4 7 Wires 144! max. radius APRIL - MAY 1994 44eNEXUS Figure 5: DeLand's “Frost-Guard Tower"