Influence of Electromagnetic Fields on Seed Productivity

The review is devoted to the influence of low-frequency electromagnetic fields on the productivity of plant seeds. The paper surveys the features of the magnetobiological effect manifested upon irradiation of seeds, considers the basic laws underlying the magnetobiological effects, and discusses the cause-and-effect relationships between the mechanisms and parameters of the influence of electromagnetic fields on plants on one hand and between the composition of mineral substances and the cellular structure of seeds on the other hand. Based on analysis of the results of laboratory tests carried out in the fields and in research laboratories on the presowing treatment of seeds of various grain and vegetable crops, it is shown that the main factors determining the growth of the germination rate of seeds and their subsequent development into adult plants is the strict correspondence of the mechanism and kinetics of energy impact with the energy susceptibility of a living plant organism at their macromolecular and molecular levels.