Effect of static magnetic field on growth and sporulation of some plant pathogenic fungi.
Growth and sporulation of phytopathogenic microscopic fungi were studied under a static magnetic field. The applied flux densities were 0.1, 0.5, and 1 mT. The magnetic field decreased the growth of colonies by 10% using this flux density region. At 0.1 mT flux density, the deviations are significant, P =.001, while in other cases the deviations generally are not significant. At the same time, the number of the developed conidia of Alternaria alternata and Curvularia inaequalis increased by 68-133%, but the number of Fusarium oxysporum conidia decreased by 79-83%. The deviations are generally significant at the P =.05 level.
Nagy
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Department of Agricultural Mechanisation, University of Veszprém, Georgikon Faculty of Agriculture, Keszthely, Hungary. nagyp@georgikon.hu
Fischl
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D005658:Fungi / Q000254:growth & development / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D008280:Magnetics; D010944:Plants / Q000382:microbiology*; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000528:radiation effects*