Assessment of The Interaction of Magnetic Water and Salinity on Yield and Components of Basil Plant

A magnetic field is an inescapable environmental factor for plants in the soil. However, its impact on plant growth is not well understood. In order to assess the interaction of magnetic water and salinity on yield and components of Basil plant, an experiment was conducted under completely randomized factorial design with two treatments and three replications in greenhouse of Bu Ali Sina University. The treatments consisted of kind of water (magnetic and nonmagnetic water) and salinity treatment in three levels (3.57 μs/cm, 3.5 and 5.76 ms/cm salinity). The results showed that the maximum effect on increase the yield of components was by magnetic water. For salinity treatments, the maximum and minimum effects on yield components were related to the distilled water (3.57 μs/cm) and the water with 50 mM salinity (5.76 ms/cm), respectively. The interaction between the kind of water and salinity levels showed that 33% and 23% increase in total fresh and dry weight by magnetic distilled water treatment compared to non magnetic level, respectively.