CA2375695A1 - An invention to enhance plant growth and germination - Google Patents

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CA2375695A1
CA2375695A1 CA 2375695 CA2375695A CA2375695A1 CA 2375695 A1 CA2375695 A1 CA 2375695A1 CA 2375695 CA2375695 CA 2375695 CA 2375695 A CA2375695 A CA 2375695A CA 2375695 A1 CA2375695 A1 CA 2375695A1
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01NPRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
    • A01N25/00Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators, characterised by their forms, or by their non-active ingredients or by their methods of application, e.g. seed treatment or sequential application; Substances for reducing the noxious effect of the active ingredients to organisms other than pests
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01GHORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G7/00Botany in general
    • A01G7/04Electric or magnetic or acoustic treatment of plants for promoting growth

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Application number/ Numero de demande /~a~ . 3, ~ ~v Documents of poor quality scanned . , . (request original documents in File Prep. Section on the 10'~ floor) Documents de pietre qualite numerises (Pour obtenir les documents originaux, veuillez vows adresser a la Section de preparation des dossiers, situee au 10' etage) An Invention to Enhance Plant Growth and Germination The inventors propose that the growth and germination of some species of plants may be enhanced by exposure to a static magnetic field. The presence of iron containing substances in the cellular tissues of plants and by sensitivity to other aspects of the physical environment such as gravity and light may encourage this activity.
Sensitivity to magnetic fields may carry adaptive value in that the plant may be more able to orient to the cardinal directions, thereby accessing solar radiation more effectively. This may be particularly important when, as a seedling, plants may grow or germinate in shaded areas where exposure to sunlight is only indirect.
Where south is would be advantageous in guiding growth in directions most likely to lead to optimal sun exposure as the plant achieves greater height We have tested the hypothesis that plant growth and germination maybe enhanced through exposure to magnetic fields by planting seeds of the bush bean plant in close proximity to a bank of 98 small round permanent magnets attached to a vertical Styrofoam wall against which pots containing the planted seeds (bush beans) were placed. A second group of bush bean seeds were planted in identical pots placed against a control wall of equivalent reflectance.
One half of the plants were watered with water containing iron filings which were allowed to rust thereby adding greatly to the iron content of the water. The other group were watered with ordinary tap water. This experiment was repeated on a second occasion using the same methodology.
The plants were measured daily and the presence of germination shoots noted.
Our data and the appropriate statistical analyses are summarized in the two table attached.

It is apparent that the plants growing in the proximity of the magnetic field show enhanced germination and accelerated growth. The results are statistically significant for plant growth. The germination data show enhancement with exposure to the magnetic field but this is not significant, possibly due to lie smaller number of plants studied (we did not examine germination during the first experiment until day 7. The addition of iron saturated water did not have a major effect on growth.
The data suggest that plant growth may be accelerated and germination enhanced by exposure to static magnetic fields. Using much more powerful magnetic fields may further enhance this effect. The commercial applications are obvious as permanent magnets are inexpensive and would compare favorably in cost with the use other plant enhancers such as fertilizers. Elaborations of our simple design e.g. the movement of plant seedlings on a conveyor belt between rows of permanent or electromagnets could be applied in green house operations etc.
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US7600343B2 (en) 2004-10-22 2009-10-13 General Patent, Llc Method of stimulating plant growth
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WO2020081828A1 (en) * 2018-10-17 2020-04-23 Rpd Ip Holdings, Llc Growth enhancement using scalar effects and light frequency manipulation
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US7600343B2 (en) 2004-10-22 2009-10-13 General Patent, Llc Method of stimulating plant growth
RU2704850C1 (en) * 2018-09-19 2019-10-31 Федеральное государственное автономное образовательное учреждение высшего образования "Национальный исследовательский Нижегородский государственный университет им. Н.И. Лобачевского" Method for germination of seeds of crops
WO2020081828A1 (en) * 2018-10-17 2020-04-23 Rpd Ip Holdings, Llc Growth enhancement using scalar effects and light frequency manipulation
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