Old Forestry Traditions and Modern Chronobiological Research: Lunar-Cycle-Related Sowing Time Influences Effectively Initial Plant Growth

Authors

  • E. Zürcher Berne University of Applied Sciences, Architecture, Wood and Civil Engineering, Solothurnstrasse 102, P.O. Box, CH-2500 Biel-Bienne 6, Switzerland
  • M. Mikulecky Department of Biometry and Statistics, Neuroendocrinology Letters, Stockholm, Sweden

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12974/2311-858X.2014.02.01.5

Keywords:

Cosinor regression, inferential statistics, Maesopsis, germination, initial growth, lunar cycles, synodic month.

Abstract

After a preliminary trial, 12 successive sowings (with 4 repetitions each) of the panafrican tree Maesopsis eminii had been realized, at alternating dates 2 days before Full Moon (FM) and 2 days before New Moon (NM) [1]. The mean height of the young plants 4 months after sowing was by 3 centimeters (= ca. 19%) larger for sowings before FM compared to sowings before NM. This phenomenon, now re-evaluated by Halberg´s cosinor regression, was statistically significant partly on the level a = 0.05, partly 0.1. 

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Published

09-09-2014

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Zürcher, E. ., & Mikulecky, M. . (2014). Old Forestry Traditions and Modern Chronobiological Research: Lunar-Cycle-Related Sowing Time Influences Effectively Initial Plant Growth. Global Journal Of Botanical Science, 2(1), 32–36. https://doi.org/10.12974/2311-858X.2014.02.01.5

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