Agronomy journal, Vol. 86 No. 1, 2024.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.33128/ag.86.1.2
Influence of magnetic field pretreatment on germination of white clover seeds (Trifolium repens L.)
Saša Bačić
; student na Fakultetu agrobiotehničkih znanosti Osijek, Sveučilište J. J. Strossmayera u Osijeku, Osijek, Hrvatska
Gordana Bukvić
; Fakultet agrobiotehničkih znanosti Osijek, Sveučilište J. J. Strossmayera u Osijeku, Osijek, Hrvatska
Sonja Grljušić
; Poljoprivredni institut Osijek, Osijek, Hrvatska
Larisa Bertić
; Fakultet agrobiotehničkih znanosti Osijek, Sveučilište J. J. Strossmayera u Osijeku, Osijek, Hrvatska
Lara Ergović
; Fakultet agrobiotehničkih znanosti Osijek, Sveučilište J. J. Strossmayera u Osijeku, Osijek, Hrvatska
Goran Herman
; Fakultet agrobiotehničkih znanosti Osijek, Sveučilište J. J. Strossmayera u Osijeku, Osijek, Hrvatska
Abstract
The study was carried out under laboratory conditions by germinating cultivars of white clover (Trifolium repens L.) in a climate chamber with pretreatment of the seeds with a magnetic field. The pretreatment of the seeds with a stationary magnetic field of 250 mT was carried out on two white clover varieties, Apolo and Merlyn. The seeds was exposed to a neodymium magnet for different times: control (no treatment), 5 minutes, 30 minutes and 60 minutes. Seed properties was tested in a climate chamber according to ISTA rules. The properties of germination energy and seed germination, root and stem length and total seedling length were calculated. The time of exposure to the magnetic field (MF) significantly influenced root length (p<0.01) and total seedling length (p<0.05). Significant differences between cultivars were found for germination energy and seed germination (p<0.01), stem length and total seedling length (p<0.05). Cultivars responded differently to the time of magnetic field exposure and significant interactions were found between MF treatment and cultivars for all tested traits except seedling stem length.
Keywords
magnetic field; white clover; seed germination
Hrčak ID:
316425
URI
Publication date:
25.4.2024.
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