Magnetic Field Treatments Improves Sunflower Yield by Inducing Physiological and Biochemical Modulations in Seeds
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...
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| author | Irfan Afzal Saman Saleem Milan Skalicky Talha Javed Muhammad Amir Bakhtavar Zia ul Haq Muhammad Kamran Muhammad Shahid Muhammad Sohail Saddiq Aneela Afzal Noshin Shafqat Eldessoky S. Dessoky Aayushi Gupta Joanna Korczyk-Szabo Marian Brestic Ayman E. L. Sabagh |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-885b67b65f204fe7b3c77f0d3943434c2023-11-21T13:54:43ZengMDPI AGMolecules1420-30492021-04-01267202210.3390/molecules26072022Magnetic Field Treatments Improves Sunflower Yield by Inducing Physiological and Biochemical Modulations in SeedsIrfan Afzal0Saman Saleem1Milan Skalicky2Talha Javed3Muhammad Amir Bakhtavar4Zia ul Haq5Muhammad Kamran6Muhammad Shahid7Muhammad Sohail Saddiq8Aneela Afzal9Noshin Shafqat10Eldessoky S. Dessoky11Aayushi Gupta12Joanna Korczyk-Szabo13Marian Brestic14Ayman E. L. Sabagh15Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38040, PakistanDepartment of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38040, PakistanDepartment of Botany and Plant Physiology, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamycka 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech RepublicDepartment of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38040, PakistanDepartment of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38040, PakistanDepartment of Physics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38040, PakistanDepartment of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38040, PakistanDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38040, PakistanDepartment of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38040, PakistanDepartment of Sociology, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi 46300, PakistanDepartment of Agriculture, Hazara University, Mansehra 21120, PakistanDepartment of Biology, College of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Botany and Plant Physiology, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamycka 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech RepublicDepartment of Sustainable Agriculture and Herbology, Slovak University of Agriculture, 949 01 Nitra, SlovakiaDepartment of Botany and Plant Physiology, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamycka 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech RepublicDepartment of Agronomy, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafr Elshiekh 33516, EgyptMagnetic 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.https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/26/7/2022magnetically treated watermoringa leaf extractvigormagnetic fieldoilseed |
| spellingShingle | Irfan Afzal Saman Saleem Milan Skalicky Talha Javed Muhammad Amir Bakhtavar Zia ul Haq Muhammad Kamran Muhammad Shahid Muhammad Sohail Saddiq Aneela Afzal Noshin Shafqat Eldessoky S. Dessoky Aayushi Gupta Joanna Korczyk-Szabo Marian Brestic Ayman E. L. Sabagh Magnetic Field Treatments Improves Sunflower Yield by Inducing Physiological and Biochemical Modulations in Seeds Molecules magnetically treated water moringa leaf extract vigor magnetic field oilseed |
| title | Magnetic Field Treatments Improves Sunflower Yield by Inducing Physiological and Biochemical Modulations in Seeds |
| title_full | Magnetic Field Treatments Improves Sunflower Yield by Inducing Physiological and Biochemical Modulations in Seeds |
| title_fullStr | Magnetic Field Treatments Improves Sunflower Yield by Inducing Physiological and Biochemical Modulations in Seeds |
| title_full_unstemmed | Magnetic Field Treatments Improves Sunflower Yield by Inducing Physiological and Biochemical Modulations in Seeds |
| title_short | Magnetic Field Treatments Improves Sunflower Yield by Inducing Physiological and Biochemical Modulations in Seeds |
| title_sort | magnetic field treatments improves sunflower yield by inducing physiological and biochemical modulations in seeds |
| topic | magnetically treated water moringa leaf extract vigor magnetic field oilseed |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/26/7/2022 |
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