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Evaluation of Plant Growth Regulator, Immunity and DNA Fingerprinting of Biofield Energy Treated Mustard Seeds (Brassica juncea)

Trivedi, Mahendra Kumar; Branton, Alice; Trivedi, Dahryn and Nayak, Gopal (2015) Evaluation of Plant Growth Regulator, Immunity and DNA Fingerprinting of Biofield Energy Treated Mustard Seeds (Brassica juncea). Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 4 (6), pp. 269-274.

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Summary

Among the oilseeds grown around the world, mustard is one of the important crop worldwide due to its wide adaptability and high yielding capacity. Owing to the importance of its utilities as condiment, cooking oil and some medical aids, the demand for its seed production is too high. The present study was carried out to evaluate the impact of Mr. Trivedi’s biofield energy treatment on mustard (Brassica juncea) for its growth-germination of seedling, glutathione (GSH) content in leaves, indole acetic acid (IAA) content in shoots and roots and DNA polymorphism by random amplified polymorphic-DNA (RAPD). The sample of B. juncea was divided into two groups. One group was remained as untreated and coded as control, while the other group was subjected to Mr. Trivedi’s biofield energy treatment and referred as the treated sample. The growth-germination of B. juncea seedling data exhibited that the biofield treated seeds were germinated faster on day 5 as compared to the control (on day between 7-10). The shoot and root length of seedling were slightly increased in the treated seeds of 10 days old with respect to untreated seedling. Moreover, the major plant antioxidant i.e. GSH content in mustard leaves was significantly increased by 206.72% (p<0.001) as compared to the untreated sample. Additionally, the plant growth regulatory constituent i.e. IAA level in root and shoot was increased by 15.81% and 12.99%, respectively with respect to the control. Besides, the DNA fingerprinting data using RAPD revealed that the treated sample showed an average 26% of DNA polymorphism as compared to the control. The overall results envisaged that the biofield energy treatment on mustard seeds showed a significant improvement in germination, growth of roots and shoots, GSH and IAA content in the treated sample. In conclusion, the biofield energy treatment of mustard seeds could be used as an alternative way to increase the production of mustard.


EPrint Type:Journal paper
Keywords:Trivedi Effect, The Trivedi Effect, Mahendra Kumar Trivedi, Mahendra Trivedi, Biofield, Biofield Treatment, Mustard Seeds, Brassica Juncea, Mustard Seeds Immunity, Iaa Content in Mustard Seeds, Rapd of Mustard Seeds, Dna Polymorphism of Mustard Seeds, Production of Mustard, Gsh Content in Mustard Seeds, Germination of Mustard Seeds, Mustard Utilities in Growing Biofuels Industries, Mustard Used as a Condiment, Mustard Edible Oil, Allyl-Isothiocyanate in Mustard Oil, Productivity of Mustard
Subjects: Crop husbandry > Crop health, quality, protection
Research affiliation:USA > Other organizations
ISSN:2328-563X
DOI:10.11648/j.aff.20150406.16
Related Links:http://trivediscience.com/publications/evaluation-of-plant-growth-regulator-immunity-and-dna-fingerprinting-of-biofield-energy-treated-mustard-seeds-brassica-juncea/
Deposited By: Trivedi, Mr. Mahendra
ID Code:30774
Deposited On:07 Feb 2017 14:42
Last Modified:07 Feb 2017 14:42
Document Language:English
Status:Published
Refereed:Peer-reviewed and accepted

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