EFFECT OF MAGNETIC TECHNIQUE ON GROWTH OF WHEAT

T. Al-Chalabi, F.; N. Dahel, E.

	EFFECT OF MAGNETIC TECHNIQUE ON GROWTH OF WHEAT
The Iraqi Journal of Agricultural Science
Article 1, Volume 45, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 660-671
Authors
F. T. Al-Chalabi; E. N. Dahel
Abstract
A field experiment was carried out during winter seasons of 2008 and 2009 at the farm of Field Crop Science Dept., College of Agriculture-University of Baghdad. Randomized complete block design by split plot arrangement was used with three replications, to evaluate the effect of irrigation water and seeds magnetization on growth of wheat (var. Ipa 98). The main plots included four levels of magnetic water strength (0, 500, 1000 and 2000) Gs, while the subplots included four levels of magnetized seeds with same strength of magnetic water. The results showed that there is no significant effect of magnetized irrigation water on all studied characteristics such as plant height, the total number of tillers, single leaf area, flag leaf area, dry weight, crop growth rate, relative growth rate and Net Assimilation Rate for the periods after 60 and 96 days from sowing, in both seasons. Similarly the treatment of magnetized seeds did not lead to significant effects on all studied characteristics except number of tillers. However treatment of magnetized seeds with 2000 Gs reduced number of tiller to 362.17 tiller.mֿ² as compared with control treatment which gave 373.42 tiller.mˉ² and treatment of magnetized seeds with 1000 Gs which gave 376.92 tiller.mˉ². It was concluded that there was no response of wheat cultivar IPA 99 to magnetized irrigation water. The treatment of magnetized seeds did not lead to significant effects on all studied characteristics except number of tillers which affected negatively with greater levels of magnetic strength.
Keywords
irrigation water magnetization; seeds magnetization; relative growth rate; Net Assimilation Rate

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