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Yield Enhancement

Active electrical stimulation of seeds or growing plants produces measurable increases in harvestable biomass, fruit count, and overall crop output.

Confidence Moderate
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Yield enhancement is one of the most consistently reported outcomes across electroculture research. The 2025 Romanian potato study documented tuber yield roughly doubling in treated plots; the 2023 Samara PEF study observed a 22.8 % height increase at the optimal field strength of 30 kV/m. Historical data from Christofleau’s 1920s multi-modal antenna work also reported improved crop outputs.

Effect sizes vary with crop species, field strength, treatment duration, and environmental conditions, so results should not be extrapolated uncritically.

See also: Active EF Increases Biomass Yield for the primary research-format claim.

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