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ACCORDING to Duclaux1, Pasteur explored the possibility of the effect of a magnetic field on the production of optical isomers of tartaric acid. He theorized that the Earth's magnetic field caused tartaric acid to be of one optical isomer in nature, whereas laboratory synthesis produced a mixture of both isomers. Recently, Krylov and Tarakonova2 proposed an auxin-like effect of a magnetic field on germinating seeds. They called this effect magnetotropism. Auxins or, synthetic plant growth regulators have been used to stimulate ripening of immature fruits3.
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BOE, A., SALUNKHE, D. Effects of Magnetic Fields on Tomato Ripening. Nature 199, 91–92 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/199091a0
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