title: The effect of extremely diluted agitated gibberellic acid (10e-30) on wheat stalk growth--a two researcher pilot study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Use of a wheat growth bio assay after 7 days in research on homeopathic dilutions of gibberellic acid.
  
  
  METHODS
  Grains of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum, Capo variety) were observed under the influence of extremely diluted gibberellic acid (10(-30)) prepared by stepwise dilution and agitation according to a protocol derived from homeopathy (30×). Analogously prepared water was used for control. In a two centre study, 3 experiments with a total of 4880 grains were performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Data were found to be rather homogeneous within the control group as well as within the verum group in general. Germination rates were around 95%, with no significant difference between verum and control group (p>0.05). Mean stalk lengths (mm) were 40.63±20.96 for the verum and 44.33±21.11 for the control group (mean±S.D.) at grain level (N=2440 per group) and ±5.33 and ±5.89, respectively at dish level (122 cohorts of 20 grains per treatment group). In other words, verum stalk length (91.65%) was 8.35% smaller than control stalk length (100%). This difference is statistically highly significant (p<0.001) and was found by both researchers involved independently.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results suggest that there was an influence of gibberellic acid 30× on wheat seedling development, i.e. the wheat growth bio assay can be a useful tool for further experiments on homeopathic dilutions of gibberellic acid.
authors.affiliation: Interuniversity College for Health and Development Graz/Castle of Seggau, Austria. college@inter-uni.net
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pfleger
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hofäcker
authors.forename: Waltraud
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Scherer-Pongratz
authors.forename: Harald
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lothaller
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reich
authors.forename: Peter Christian
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Endler
mesh_terms: D002523:Edible Grain / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D018525:Germination / Q000187:drug effects*; D005875:Gibberellins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006705:Homeopathy / Q000379:methods*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018547:Plant Stems / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development; D036226:Seedlings / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D014908:Triticum / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D005875:Gibberellins; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators; C007842:gibberellic acid