INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE
OF BIOPHYSICS
Conference
on Biophotons 1999
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BIOPHOTONIC RESEARCH ON GERMINATION OF BARLEY SEEDS
Yu Yan
International Institute of Biophysics, Neuss, BRD
We take seeds as the subject of biophysical research:
1. The germination includes many fundamental procedures of life, for
example, dormancy, activation, growth and development. Understanding germination
provides a big step forwards in understanding life.
2. Each seed is a unique organism. A large population of seeds presents
only a small volume. The statistical confidence of the results in seed
research is high. It is especially important for our sensitive method,
biophotons, to avoid the statistical uncertainty because of individual
differences of organisms.
During the last two years we studied dependencies between biophoton
emission and water content, temperature, germination capacity. To explain
these phenomena, one physical model based on the second law of thermodynamics
is developed. This model is universal to all living forms and may help
us to understand more about life. The possible applications are also discussed.
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Institute of Biophysics 2001 E-mail: iib@lifescientists.de
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