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Nature (London), 1918-03, Vol.101 (2524), p.27-30 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

ISSN: 0028-0836 ;EISSN: 1476-4687 ;DOI: 10.1038/101027a0

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  • Is Part Of: Nature (London), 1918-03, Vol.101 (2524), p.27-30
  • Description: THE letters that have appeared recently in the Times and in articles elsewhere on the effect of electric action on the growth of plants show a readiness to believe that almost any wonders may be wrought by electricity. Most scientific workers will agree with Prof. Armstrong and Sir James Crichton-Browne in their scepticism as to the proved value of electrical treatment as a general method of increasing crop production. It is asserted that by the electrical treatment of seeds increases of yield of 20 to 80 per cent. may be produced. The statement seems to refer to a commercial process in which, apparently, seeds are subjected to the combined action of electric currents and certain solutions; in the method electrolysis appears to play some part. The process seems based on the treatment known to physicians as "ionic medication," and used, for example, for the reduction of swollen joints. Treatment of seeds in this way appears to have no sound physiological basis, and no data derived from experiments carried out under critical conditions appear to be available, so that it is impossible to evaluate the method. No one who knows the difficulty of carrying out satisfactory agricultural experiments, and the ease with which a few favourable but illusory results can be obtained, is likely to accept the views of a few farmers as convincing evidence of the value of the process. The method of treatment of the growing plant with a high-tension discharge from overhead wires has been before the public for some years; it is certainly more promising, but it is generally admitted to be in a purely experimental stage.
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0028-0836
    EISSN: 1476-4687
    DOI: 10.1038/101027a0
  • Source: Alma/SFX Local Collection
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