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Simultaneous measurements of spontaneous ultraweak photon emission and bioelectrical activity were carried out on germinating soybean root system including the hypocotyl. The experimental results showed that the two different biological phenomena seem to occur almost synchronously, indicating that there may be a physiologically close relationship between them.
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Usa, M., Kobayashi, M., Scott, R.Q. et al. Simultaneous measurement of biophoton emission and biosurface electric potential from germinating soybean (Glycine max). Protoplasma 149, 64–66 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01623984
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01623984