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Seed pretreatment with magnetic field alters the storage proteins and lipid profiles in harvested soybean seeds

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The increase in crop productivity is an urgent need of the time to reduce scarcity of food in underdeveloped countries. Several biological, chemical and physical methods have been applied to promote crop yield. Application of magnetic field (MF) is an emerging physical method used to increase plant growth and yield. The reports on MF pretreatment-induced nutritional changes in harvested seeds are scarce. We previously identified the optimal frequency of MF to improve plant growth and yield as 1500 nT at 10.0 Hz. This study was aimed to investigate the effect of MF treatment on storage proteins and fatty acids in harvested soybean seeds. The results showed that MF triggered globulin production and suppressed prolamin production. However, lipid content in seeds increased, because MF exposure caused an elevation of several fatty acids including caprylic acid, palmitic acid, heptadecanoic acid, linoleic acid, lignoceric acid and eicosapentaenoic acid. This is the first report to reveal the seed pretreated MF on nutritional values of harvested seeds. This study suggests that MF treatment improves seed quality by regulating the metabolism of storage proteins and fatty acids.

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Radhakrishnan, R. Seed pretreatment with magnetic field alters the storage proteins and lipid profiles in harvested soybean seeds. Physiol Mol Biol Plants 24, 343–347 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12298-018-0505-8

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