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. 2014 Sep 12:5:453.
doi: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00453. eCollection 2014.

Mugifumi, a beneficial farm work of adding mechanical stress by treading to wheat and barley seedlings

Hidetoshi Iida  1
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Mugifumi, a beneficial farm work of adding mechanical stress by treading to wheat and barley seedlings

Hidetoshi Iida. Front Plant Sci. .
No abstract available

Keywords: barley; crop yield; mechanical stress; mechanosensing; stamping; trampling; treading; wheat.

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Figure 1
Scene of mugifumi. (A) Are they dancing in the wheat fields? No, they are not. Farmers and their neighboring children tread wheat seedlings (in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Pref., Japan). Courtesy of the Chiikimiryoku, a nonprofit organization. (B) Large-scale treading. Farmers use an agricultural tractor equipped with a specifically designed treading roller to tread wheat seedlings (in Kamishihoro, Hokkaido, Japan). Courtesy of Mr. Haruo Hoshino.
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