Influencia de la radiación láser y campo magnético en la germinación de semillas de habas secas para su cultivo en la parroquia Quinchicoto, provincia de Tungurahua, año 2015.

Abstract

The production of bean (Vicia Faba) in Ecuador has declined due to the time of seed germination is long. For this reason it was considered investigate the application of electromagnetic radiation on seeds as a pre seeding method seeking to reduce germination time. In this project two methods of electromagnetic radiation, laser radiation and the magnetic field was employed in order to minimize the time of seed germination and dry bean to determine which of these radiations is better. An experiment with three levels of electromagnetic radiation and three types of exposure, so a 32 factorial design with 10 replicates per treatment was used. An exhibition of dried bean seeds at 0.1 W, 0.332 W and 0.70 W laser radiation is performed for 5, 10 and 15 minutes, and exposure to 120 mT, 160 mT, 180 mT magnetic field for 5, 10 and 15 minutes. Statistical analysis showed that both the laser radiation and magnetic field influence the germination time of dry bean seeds, but the treatment generated the lower germination time with both electromagnetic radiation was one laser radiation (0.70 W, 15 minutes of exposure).