Table 1 Overview of the most important data for growth and pigment contents of barley plants grown under Ca²⁺ ICR conditions of B_DC = 65 μT and f = 50 Hz, and of the corresponding control cultures grown in the absence of an EMF. The right column indicates the ratios of the data.

Averaged daily net water loss (per 1 g seedlings)

119 ± 24 mg/g

158 ± 21 mg/g

0.75

Shoot length

5 d

59.1 ± 4.3 mm

73.2 ± 5.7 mm

0.81

6 d

79.6 ± 5.4 mm

93.9 ± 8.6 mm

0.85

Coleoptile length (5d)

50.8 ± 6.5 mm

45.5 ± 5.2 mm

1.12

Shoot fresh weight

5 d

87.4 ± 5.2 mg

99.0 ± 5.1 mg

0.88

6 d

102.9 ± 9.2 mg

114.0 ± 8.93 mg

0.90

percentage dry mass

leaf

7.61 ± 0.29 %

6.77 ± 0.35 %

1.12

root

6.95 ± 0.33 %

6.22 ± 0.24 %

1.12

Pigment content

5 d: PChlide

7.86 ± 0.89 μg/g

10.4 ± 1.23 μg/g

0.76

Carotenoids

18.5 ± 1.80 μg/g

22.4 ± 3.36 μg/g

0.85

¹⁾ PChlide/Carot.

0.43

0.46

0.92

6 d: PChlide

8.94 ± 0.88 μg/g

11.7 ± 1.84 μg/g

0.75

Carotenoids

20.1 ± 1.97 μg/g

24.7 ± 1.10 μg/g

0.82

¹⁾ PChlide/Carot.

0.45

0.47

0.94

Pigment ratios of green plants

Chl a+b

706 ± 139 μg/g

990 ± 132 μg/g

0.71

¹⁾Chl a/Chl b

2.42 ± 0.35

2.42 ± 0.29

1.0

¹⁾Chl a+b/Carot.

6.16 ± 0.90

6.95 ± 0.72

0.89