EFFECT OF ELECTROMAGNETICALLY PULSED NUTRIENT MEDIUM ON GERMINATION AND TUBE GROWTH OF THE IMPATIENS BALSAMINA L. POLLEN

Abstract

The effect of magenetic flux on the plants have been
investigated by Pitman (1963), Pitman and Ormrod (1970).
Alexander and Ganeshan (1990) and Alexander and Rajasekharan
(1990), using the male gametophyte (pollen) of papaya, obtained
increased germination and tube length over control. The authors,
during their investigations on bio-electromagnetism, found that
pulsed nutrient medium promotes germination and tube length in
unpulsed balsam (Impatiens balsamina L.) pollen during in vitro
growth and the finding is reported here