Seedling emergence in the seed orientation experiment followed the order embryo-end-up>lay-flat>embryo-end-down.
An optimum seed orientation was found such that the platform technique permits one to grow TGS crystals from which large-area (0 1 0) plates can be cut.
The respective influence of the four critical factors tested on seed performance was ranked (in decreasing order) as seed orientation to external magnetic fields, magnetic field strength, RH, and exposure time.
Two experiments were carried out in a greenhouse to evaluate the influence of seed orientation and sowing depth of the lowland bamboo Oxytenanthera abyssinica on seedling emergence, survival and growth.
Additionally, contrast appears to be affected by seed orientation.
Much like US imaging, PA imaging results were dependent on seed orientation.
In the first experiment (i.e., the "angular dependence experiment"), the angular dependence of the US and PA signals on seed orientation was investigated.
Results indicate that, much like ultrasonic (US) imaging, an angular dependence (i.e., seed orientation relative to imaging transducer) of the PA signal exists.
