QELBY®-Induced Enhancement of Exclusion Zone Buildup and Seed Germination
A hydrophilic powder, QELBY, from the feldspar family of clay minerals was investigated for its ability to form structured or exclusion-zone (EZ) water. We demonstrated microsphere-free zones around different fractions of the QELBY powder or its hydrated pellet. Averaging approximately 100 μm, these...
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| description | A hydrophilic powder, QELBY, from the feldspar family of clay minerals was investigated for its ability to form structured or exclusion-zone (EZ) water. We demonstrated microsphere-free zones around different fractions of the QELBY powder or its hydrated pellet. Averaging approximately 100 μm, these zones grew to a size similar to that formed in the vicinity of the Nafion standard. In the case of silica (control), only occasional microsphere-free zones of about 70 μm were found. Further, studies to investigate QELBY’s energizing effect on germination and early sapling growth in brown chickpea seeds showed at least a 2-3-fold increase in root length and/or formation of shoots. This was seen in seeds bathed in QELBY supernatants or surrounded by QELBY powder outside the vials containing the seeds. This indirect effect was observed whether the QELBY was dry or hydrated. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-45be23f162bc49e592ea224d10cc13ed2025-02-03T05:48:10ZengWileyAdvances in Materials Science and Engineering1687-84341687-84422017-01-01201710.1155/2017/24107942410794QELBY®-Induced Enhancement of Exclusion Zone Buildup and Seed GerminationAbha Sharma0Dario Toso1Kurt Kung2Gun-Woong Bahng3Gerald H. Pollack4Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USADepartment of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USADepartment of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USADepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The State University of New York Korea, Incheon 21985, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USAA hydrophilic powder, QELBY, from the feldspar family of clay minerals was investigated for its ability to form structured or exclusion-zone (EZ) water. We demonstrated microsphere-free zones around different fractions of the QELBY powder or its hydrated pellet. Averaging approximately 100 μm, these zones grew to a size similar to that formed in the vicinity of the Nafion standard. In the case of silica (control), only occasional microsphere-free zones of about 70 μm were found. Further, studies to investigate QELBY’s energizing effect on germination and early sapling growth in brown chickpea seeds showed at least a 2-3-fold increase in root length and/or formation of shoots. This was seen in seeds bathed in QELBY supernatants or surrounded by QELBY powder outside the vials containing the seeds. This indirect effect was observed whether the QELBY was dry or hydrated.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/2410794 |
| spellingShingle | Abha Sharma Dario Toso Kurt Kung Gun-Woong Bahng Gerald H. Pollack QELBY®-Induced Enhancement of Exclusion Zone Buildup and Seed Germination Advances in Materials Science and Engineering |
| title | QELBY®-Induced Enhancement of Exclusion Zone Buildup and Seed Germination |
| title_full | QELBY®-Induced Enhancement of Exclusion Zone Buildup and Seed Germination |
| title_fullStr | QELBY®-Induced Enhancement of Exclusion Zone Buildup and Seed Germination |
| title_full_unstemmed | QELBY®-Induced Enhancement of Exclusion Zone Buildup and Seed Germination |
| title_short | QELBY®-Induced Enhancement of Exclusion Zone Buildup and Seed Germination |
| title_sort | qelby r induced enhancement of exclusion zone buildup and seed germination |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/2410794 |
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