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Tuesday July 29, 2025 4:15pm - 4:30pm CDT
this study aimed to assess how irrigation water and seed magnetization affected the initial growth of okra, bell pepper, cucumber, lettuce, and eggplant seedlings. Five treatments and four replications were used for each species in the randomized block design (RBD) experiment. T1 was irrigation with tap water; T2 was neodymium magnetization of seeds plus irrigation with tap water; T3 was commercial magnetization of seeds plus irrigation with tap water; T4 was lack of seed magnetization plus irrigation with neodymium magnetized water; and T5 was lack of seed magnetization and irrigation with commercial magnetized water. We assessed the following: emergence speed index (ESI), average emergence time (AET), emergence percentage (E%), shoot dry matter (SDM), root dry matter (RDM), number of leaves (NL), root length (RL), stem diameter (SD), and plant height (PH). Normality and variance analysis were performed on the data, and the Tukey test was used to compare the means at a 5% probability level. The study's findings demonstrate the advantages of magnetically treated water for seedlings. Using water that has been magnetized by a neodymium magnetizer produced superior results for lettuce seedlings. The highest RL, NL, RDM, and ESI values were obtained for bell peppers when they were irrigated with water that had been magnetized by a neodymium magnetizer. The time it took for cucumber, eggplant, and okra seedlings to form was shortened by either magnetizing the seeds or watering them with tap water. Overall, the results of seed magnetism have been more noteworthy than those of irrigation water magnetization.
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avatar for Gustavo Haddad Souza Vieira

Gustavo Haddad Souza Vieira

Full Professor, IFES campus Santa Teresa
Agronomist,Ph. D. in Agricultural Engineering. Full Professor. Irrigation, Agrometeorology, Horticulture, Coffee Crop.
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Tuesday July 29, 2025 4:15pm - 4:30pm CDT
Strand 11A
  Oral presentation, Water Utilization and Management 1

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