ID Number		2408
Study Type		Plant Studies
Model		Seeds were exposed for 0.5 - 8 hours to emissions from mobile phones and examined for a) germination and growth after 72 hours and b) root nodules after 45 days.
Details		AUTHORS' ABSTRACT: Sharma and Parihar 2014 (IEEE #5731): During the last decade, there has been a widespread increase in the usage of mobile phones which resulted in an increase in electromagnetic radiations in the environment. These radiations have harmful effect on both plants and human being. A study was conducted to explore the effects of these radiations on the plants. The radiation emitted from mobile phones show effect on the early growth and biochemical changes in the emerging seedlings of Pisum sativum (Pea) and Trigonella foenumgraecum (Fenugreek). It was observed that the radiations emitted from mobile phone show considerable increase in the germination percentage, seedling length, proteins, lipid and Guaiacol content in comparison to control seeds. Different exposure time treatments were taken for the study as ½ hour, 1 hour, 2 hour, 4 hour and 8 hour. The biochemical parameter increases with increase in the radiation exposure. The study concluded that radiations emitted from mobile phone interfere with both morphological and the biochemical processes and affect the growth and nodule formation in the plants. The number of nodules developed both in Pisum sativum and Trigonella foenumgraecum increases with increase in the radiation exposure.
Findings		Effects
Status		Completed With Publication
Principal Investigator		Lovely Professional Univ, Punjab (India)
Funding Agency		(vacant)
Country		INDIA
References		Sharma , S et al. Current World Environment., (2014) 9:145-155
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