Research by Wageningen University Research Institute has shown that electromagnetic energy promotes faster crop growth. With the same amount of light and heat, the dry weight of crops such as potted plants is about 30% higher than traditional treatments.
"This technology can make a significant positive contribution to the more sustainable development of the greenhouse horticulture industry and to increased crop yields," said Kees Weerheim, a researcher at WUR. We'll dig deeper into this. ”
The use of electromagnetic energy to activate crops is a new technology. The inventor of this patented technology, LED expert Mark van der Ende, stumbled upon the discovery that crops react not only to light, but also to electromagnetic waves of certain frequencies. He developed the Parxtra modulator, a device that uses RF-EM (Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Field) and emits electromagnetic waves with a bandwidth of 1-15 MHz.
Experiments with EM regulators in the cultivation of various potted plants, vegetables and grasses have shown positive results. WUR studies of anthurium and ornamental pineapples confirm these results. The study was carried out in Bunnik Bromelia, Kudelstaart.
Compared to cultivation without regulators, the dry matter biomass of ornamental pineapples increased by 19% due to the use of Parxtra. For anthurium, the percentage is 47%. Take the ornamental pineapple, for example, which grows 20% taller at the same time. In anthurium, leaf size increased by 20% and rooting rate increased by about 10%.
WUR's research supports electromagnetic waves that promote the growth, size, and weight of crops and ensure that flowering anthurium plants produce more and larger flowers. The first evidence of the wur suggests that growth corresponds to physiological changes in these plants. With EM waves, plants enter an active mode of photosynthesis, with reduced light and heat. WUR found that the stomata opened wider, the leaf temperature dropped, and photosynthesis accelerated. One explanation for the increase in growth could be that plants need less energy to lower the temperature of their leaves, and therefore, more energy is left for the crop to develop.
In addition to the positive results, WUR scientists found no negative effects from EM treatment in culture. WUR sees great potential in this technology and will soon conduct more and larger-scale tests, now also on fruit crops such as tomatoes and cucumbers.
Siegfried Bunnik, owner of Bunnik Bromelia, has a very positive attitude towards this technology and the possibilities it offers.
"We tested it with two batches of 8,500 plants," Bunnik said. The conditions were the same for both batches of plants, one containing parxtra and the other without. Six weeks later, when I saw that the plants were 30 percent larger and 30 percent heavier than the other batch, I was quickly convinced. These results are now also scientifically confirmed. I am confident that this technology will be successful. ”
*：greenhousegrower