Development and use of Georgia loaded wheel tester

Ronald Collins, Donald E. Watson, Bruce Campbell

Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board · 1995 · 14 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

The effects of modifications of magnetic fields, simulating anomalies of natural magnetism of the Earth, were studied in the seeds of peas and winter wheat. It has been shown that strengthening or weakening of the geomagnetic field inhibits water absorption and initial growth processes. The influence of magnetic fields on the orientation of rootlets and development of plantlets is determined. The connection between the magnetic susceptibility of seeds and content of heavy metals in them is established, which obviously concerns the magnetic susceptibility and magnetotropism in plants.