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1 Department of Applied Physics, Institute of Science, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an
710048, China
2 Department of Applied Physics, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling,
Shaanxi 712100, China
Corresponding author: Xi, G. ([e-mail])
Source title: Guangzi Xuebao/Acta Photonica Sinica
Abbreviated source title: Guangzi Xuebao
Volume: 42
Issue: 6
Issue date: June 2013
Publication year: 2013
Pages: 705-709
Language: Chinese
ISSN: 10044213
CODEN: GUXUED
Document type: Journal article (JA)
Publisher: Chinese Optical Society, P.O. Box 80, Xi'an, 710068, China
Abstract: Biological ultra-weak luminescence is an electromagnetic signal from cells, which
plays an important role in revealing the mechanism of electromagnetic biological effects. In order
to study the biological effects and mechanism of extremely low frequency pulsed electric field, 1
Hz extremely low frequency high-voltage pulsed electric field based on the potential fluctuation
frequency of corn cells was used to treat the corns during germination. The results showed that
the germination process of corns was accelerated obviously and both the shoot length and root
length of germinating corns were significantly longer than the control. Through the measurement
and analysis of spontaneous luminescence and delayed luminescence on corns during
germination, it was found that the spontaneous luminescence and delayed luminescence integral
intensity of germinating corn were significantly increased under the action of 1 Hz extremely low
frequency high-voltage pulsed electric field, which indicated that this specific pulsed electric field
promoted the DNA synthesis and cell metabolism of the corns during germination. The coupled
resonance of pulsed electric field and cell electric field in corn seeds may be the cause of
biological effects of the extremely low frequency high-voltage pulsed electric field.
Number of references: 26
Main heading: Luminescence
Controlled terms: Cells - Cultivation - Cytology - Electric fields - Electromagnetism
Uncontrolled terms: Cell potential - Corn germination - Electromagnetic
signals - Extremely low frequencies - High-voltage pulsed electric field - Measurement and
analysis - Pulsed electric field - Ultra-weak
Classification code: 461.2 Biological Materials and Tissue Engineering - 701 Electricity and
Magnetism - 701.1 Electricity: Basic Concepts and Phenomena - 741.1 Light/Optics - 821.3
Agricultural Methods
DOI: 10.3788/gzxb20134206.0705
Database: Compendex
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