The effect of frequency-specific sound signals on the germination of maize seeds

OBJECTIVE: The effects of sound treatments on the germination of maize seeds were determined. RESULTS: White noise and bass sounds (300 Hz) had a positive effect on the germination rate. Only 3 h treatment produced an increase of about 8%, and 5 h increased germination in about 10%. Fast-green stain...

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Autor principal: Vicient, Carlos M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Note
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5526260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28743310
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-017-2643-4
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description OBJECTIVE: The effects of sound treatments on the germination of maize seeds were determined. RESULTS: White noise and bass sounds (300 Hz) had a positive effect on the germination rate. Only 3 h treatment produced an increase of about 8%, and 5 h increased germination in about 10%. Fast-green staining shows that at least part of the effects of sound are due to a physical alteration in the integrity of the pericarp, increasing the porosity of the pericarp and facilitating oxygen availability and water and oxygen uptake. Accordingly, by removing the pericarp from the seeds the positive effect of the sound on the germination disappeared.
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spelling pubmed-55262602017-08-02 The effect of frequency-specific sound signals on the germination of maize seeds Vicient, Carlos M. BMC Res Notes Research Note OBJECTIVE: The effects of sound treatments on the germination of maize seeds were determined. RESULTS: White noise and bass sounds (300 Hz) had a positive effect on the germination rate. Only 3 h treatment produced an increase of about 8%, and 5 h increased germination in about 10%. Fast-green staining shows that at least part of the effects of sound are due to a physical alteration in the integrity of the pericarp, increasing the porosity of the pericarp and facilitating oxygen availability and water and oxygen uptake. Accordingly, by removing the pericarp from the seeds the positive effect of the sound on the germination disappeared. BioMed Central 2017-07-25 /pmc/articles/PMC5526260/ /pubmed/28743310 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-017-2643-4 Text en © The Author(s) 2017 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5526260/
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