Malaysian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture (MJSA)

The worldwide climate instability and the growing population are diminishing crop production. Magnetic technologies are found to be efficient therapy tools to increase the plant’s tolerance against stresses and diseases, accelerate metabolism, and improve germination and yield. Plant bio-magnetism can play a crucial role in the success or failure of the magnetic remediation technologies. Agricultural plants are affected biologically by the magnetic field, such as germination rate, flowering, and growth, which is called Magneto￾tropism. Magneto-tropism is a low-cost and eco-friendly technique to improve the agricultural productivity of essential crop plants. Plants respond to magnetism. The full mechanistic vision is still incomplete, but two assumed physical theories for the magneto-reception mechanism can be considered. The plant bio￾magnetism utilization has become a possible choice to minimize the negative impacts of inhibiting factors during growth by activating enzymes, and enhancing the nutrients’ and water absorption to stimulate the plant growth and yield. This review presents some early and recent research efforts to postulate definitions, terminology, theories for the mechanism of action, and some applications of the plant response to the magnetic stimulation.