EFFECT OF MAGNETIC SEED TREATMENT ON AMYLOLYTIC ACTIVITY OF QUIESCENT AND GERMINATING BARLEY AND WHEAT SEEDS

Abstract

Pre-imbibition exposure of quiescent seeds of barley (Hordeum vulgare L. ’Olli’ and ’Conquest’) and of hard red winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L. ’Kharkov 22 MC’) to a nonhomogeneous magnetic field reduced the amount of amylolytic enzyme activity in subsequently imbibed seed parts, whole seeds, or very young seedlings.