placed metal plates in the bottom of 1-gallon clay
jars filled with water. Another plate was suspended in the water near
the top of each jar. These plates were connected to a llO-volt direct current power source. Corn or Durum wheat were placed in the water between
the plates and subjected to 0.5, 1.5, 2, or 3 amperes for periods varying
from 30 minutes to 5 hours. After treatment all the seed lots were dried,
and following an 18-day period, were planted in pots in a greenhouse.
With 28 lots of wheat and 32 lots of corn, no consistent differences in
germination were found. In other tests corn and Durum wheat were planted
14 hours after treatment, but results from these tests showed no differences
.