# Soybean Germination Response to Algae Extract and a Static Magnetic Field Treatment
## 3 Results
### Germination Tests
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c} \hline \hline \multirow{2}{*}{**Parameter**} & \multicolumn{5}{c}{**(a) E**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**Control (C)**} \\ \cline{2-2} \cline{5-6}  & 20\% & 40\% & 60\% & 80\% & 100\% \\ \hline
**Germination percentage [\%]\({}^{*}\)** & 86 \({}^{*}\) & 73 & 84 & 88 \({}^{\text{b}}\) & 80 & 68 \({}^{\text{th}}\) \\ \hline
**SPAD \({}^{**}\)** & 28.5 \(\pm\) 10.0 & 26.2 \(\pm\) 11.3 & 27.8 \(\pm\) 9.2 & 28.9 \(\pm\) 11.1 & 27.5 \(\pm\) 10.4 & 26.1 \(\pm\) 7.2 \\ \hline Chlorophyll \(\pm\) [mg/mL]\({}^{**}\) & 5.17 \(\pm\) 1.83 & 4.43 \(\pm\) 1.29 & 4.74 \(\pm\) 0.76 & 5.97 \(\pm\) 2.08 & 4.13 \(\pm\) 1.59 & 5.16 \(\pm\) 1.88 \\ \hline Chlorophyll \(\pm\) [mg/mL]\({}^{**}\) & 2.54 \(\pm\) 1.05 & 2.43 \(\pm\) 1.14 & 2.70 \(\pm\) 0.88 & 3.16 \(\pm\) 1.16 & 1.93 \(\pm\) 0.90 & 2.04 \(\pm\) 0.99 \\ \hline
**Total chlorophyll [mg/mL]\({}^{**}\)** & 7.71 \(\pm\) 2.86 & 6.86 \(\pm\) 2.37 & 7.44 \(\pm\) 1.53 & 9.13 \(\pm\) 3.21 & 6.06 \(\pm\) 2.47 & 7.19 \(\pm\) 2.86 \\ \hline Carotenoids [mg/mL]\({}^{**}\) & 0.288 \(\pm\) 0.215 & 0.221 \(\pm\) 0.174 & 0.168 \(\pm\) 0.110 & 0.229 \(\pm\) 0.115 & 0.355 \(\pm\) 0.178 & 0.360 \(\pm\) 0.190 \\ \hline Dry plant weigh [g]\({}^{*}\) & 3.52 & 3.33 & 3.31 & 3.27 & 3.66 & 3.39 \\ \hline
**Root length [cm]\({}^{*}\)** & 13.8 \({}^{\text{c}}\) & 13.5 & 14.7 \({}^{\text{d}}\) & 12.1 \({}^{\text{th}}\) & 14.3 \({}^{*}\) & 13.0 \\ \hline Hypocotyl length [cm]\({}^{*}\) & 11.3 \({}^{\text{th}}\) & 9.6 \({}^{\text{th}}\) & 11.3 \({}^{\text{th}}\) & 11.6 \({}^{\text{th}}\) & 10.7 \({}^{\text{th}}\) & 10.6 \({}^{\text{th}}\) \\ \hline Epicotyl length [cm]\({}^{*}\) & 3.1 \({}^{\text{th}}\) & 2.0 \({}^{\text{th}}\) & 2.8 \({}^{\text{th}}\) & 3.0 \({}^{\text{th}}\) & 1.9 \({}^{\text{th}}\) & 2.6 \({}^{\text{th}}\) \\ \hline
**Plant length [cm]\({}^{*}\)** & 14.8 \({}^{\text{th}}\) & 12.1 \({}^{\text{th}}\) & 14.2 \({}^{\text{th}}\) & 15.1 \({}^{\text{th}}\) & 12.7 \({}^{\text{th}}\) & 13.6 \({}^{\text{th}}\) \\ \hline
**Parameter** & \multicolumn{5}{c}{**(b) SMF**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**Control (C)**} \\ \cline{2-2} \cline{5-6}  & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**3 min 250 mT**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**3 min 500 mT**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**12 min 250 mT**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**12 min 500 mT**} \\ \hline
**Germination percentage [\%]\({}^{*}\)** & 81 & 82 & 79 & 76 & 84 \\ \hline
**SPAD \({}^{*}\)** & 26.0 & 26.4 \({}^{*}\) & 26.7 \({}^{\text{th}}\) & 24.4 & 18.6 \({}^{\text{th}}\) \\ \hline Chlorophyll \(\pm\) [mg/mL]\({}^{**}\) & 5.24 \(\pm\) 0.93 \({}^{\text{c}}\) & 4.77 \(\pm\) 2.27 & 4.70 \(\pm\) 1.33 & 4.53 \(\pm\) 0.91 & 3.19 \(\pm\) 0.70 \({}^{\text{c}}\) \\ \hline Chlorophyll \(\pm\) [mg/mL]\({}^{*}\)** & 2.67 & 1.41 & 1.84 & 2.36 & 1.47 \\ \hline
**Total chlorophyll [mg/mL]\({}^{*}\)** & 8.15 \({}^{\text{d}}\) & 5.65 & 5.96 & 7.27 & 4.44 \({}^{\text{d}}\) \\ \hline
**Carotenoids [mg/mL]\({}^{*}\)** & 0.492 & 0.327 & 0.252 & 0.210 & 0.106 \\ \hline
**Dry plant weigh [g]\({}^{**}\)** & 3.56 \(\pm\) 0.17 & 3.62 \(\pm\) 0.09 & 3.53 \(\pm\) 0.20 & 3.70 \(\pm\) 0.35 & 3.51 \(\pm\) 0.33 \\ \hline Root length [cm]\({}^{*}\)** & 17.1 \({}^{\text{th}}\) & 16.4 \({}^{\text{th}}\) & 13.8 \({}^{\text{th}}\) & 14.6 \({}^{\text{th}}\) & 14.4 \({}^{\text{th}}\) \\ \hline Hypocotyl length [cm]\({}^{*}\)** & 10.5 \({}^{\text{th}}\) & 10.3 \({}^{\text{th}}\) & 9.3 \({}^{\text{th}}\) & 9.2 \({}^{\text{th}}\) & 10.2 \({}^{\text{th}}\) \\ \hline
**Epicotyl length [cm]\({}^{*}\)** & 1.8 & 2.0 \({}^{\text{th}}\) & 1.8 \({}^{\text{th}}\) & 1.8 \({}^{\text{th}}\) & 1.9 \({}^{\text{th}}\) \\ \hline
**Plant length [cm]\({}^{*}\)** & 12.5 \({}^{\text{th}}\) & 12.6 \({}^{\text{th}}\) & 11.2 \({}^{\text{th}}\) & 11.1 \({}^{\text{th}}\) & 12.2 \({}^{\text{th}}\) \\ \hline \multicolumn{7}{c}{**(c)**} \\ \hline \hline \multirow{2}{*}{**Parameter**} & \multicolumn{5}{c}{**E \(\pm\) SMF**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**E \(\pm\) SMF**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**E \(\pm\) SMF**} \\ \cline{2-2} \cline{5-6}  & 20\% + 3 min & 80\% + 3 min & \multirow{2}{*}{**20\%**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**80\%**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**Control (C)**} \\ \cline{2-2} \cline{5-6}  & 250 mT & 250 mT & & & 250 mT & \\ \hline
**Germination percentage [\%]\({}^{*}\)** & 92 & 89 & 91 & 91 & 90 & 85 \\ \hline
**SPAD \({}^{*}\)** & 17.2 & 13.4 & 13.5 & 18.6 & 17.3 & 19.7 \\ \hline Chlorophyll \(\pm\) [mg/mL]\({The effects of _Cladophora glomerata_ extract, applied in concentrations of 20%, 40%, 60%, 80%, and 100%, on soybean traits are presented in Table 3a.