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Photon Emission of Cereal Seeds, “Biophotons”, as a Measure of Germinative Ability and Vigour

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Biophotons

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Experimental investigations of the spontaneous emission of cereal seeds point to a superfluid vacuum structure of the radiation field coupled to biological matter. The superfluid vacuum provides an unified understanding of germinative ability (potentiality of growth) and vigour (performance potential) of seeds as expressed in the process of germination. The findings may be used as basis for a fast, reliable and non-invasive method to determine germinative ability and vigour of seeds but also may be applied to improve the storage capacity of seeds.

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  1. Biophoton Laboratory, International Institute of Biophysics, Technopark II, 67661, Kaiserslautern, Germany

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Zeiger, B.F. (1998). Photon Emission of Cereal Seeds, “Biophotons”, as a Measure of Germinative Ability and Vigour. In: Chang, JJ., Fisch, J., Popp, FA. (eds) Biophotons. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0928-6_19

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