| Reference code: | PT/FB/BL-2014-287.03 |
| Location: | BF-GMS
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Title:
| Intentionally treated water enhances the growth of Arabidopsis thaliana with His-cry2 cryptochrome
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| Publication year: | 2016
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URL:
| http://parapsych.org/uploaded_files/pdfs/00/00/00/00/67/2016_pa-sse_convention_abstracts_of_presented_papers.pdf
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| Abstract/Results: | ABSTRACT:
Arabidopsis is a small flowering plant in the mustard family. Its genome has been fully mapped and as such it has become a model system for plant genetics and molecular biology. Arabidopsis contains a flavoprotein called cryptochrome, a blue light receptor found in all plants and animals (including humans). There is evidence that cryptochrome also has quantum biological properties, used for example in avian magnetonavigation. As such, cryptochrome may be a candidate biological receptor for quantum phenomena such as entanglement and observational effects.
To explore possible quantum-mind-mediated effects of cryptochrome, under double-blind conditions we studied whether Arabidopsis seeds would show differences in the length of the stem of a germinating seedling (called the hypocotyl, short for hypocotyledonous stem) when watered with intentionally “treated” vs. identical but untreated water.
A single source of water was divided into two parts; one half was “imprinted” with intention for improved growth by three experienced senior Buddhist monks, and the other half was used as untreated control water. Arabidopsis seeds with three types of cryptochrome mutations were used: normal, gain-of-function and loss-of-function. Gain and lossof-function mutations refer to reduced or enhanced functioning of cryptochrome. The normal seed is known as Columbia (abbreviated Col-4), the loss-of-function seed contains a mutated gene called cry1/2, and the gain-of-function seed contains a mutated gene called His-CRY2. Seeds were placed in dishes inside a temperature-controlled incubator, the seeds were germinated under conditions of blue or blue and red light, and then the hypocotyl length was measured (blind to the treated vs. untreated condition). Three replications of the germination process were conducted in each of three experiments, each replication using new seeds.
When comparing treated vs. untreated water conditions, the gain-of-function His-CRY2 seeds in both the blue and blue and red light conditions resulted in a highly significant decrease in hypocotyl length, which is associated with enhanced growth in the treated water (p < 0.0001, two-tailed). The same statistically significant outcome was observed in three repeated experiments.
Results strongly support the hypothesis that intentionally imprinted water enhanced growth in an Arabidopsis mutation containing the cryptochrome gene His-CRY2. This suggests that cryptochrome may be a component of living systems that is particularly sensitive to intentional influence; it also provides a clue about potential links between qualia (subjective intention) and quanta (behavior of the elementary physical world).
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| Accessibility: | Document exists in file
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Language:
| eng
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Author:
| Shiah, Y.-J.
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Secondary author(s):
| Hsieh, H.-J., Chen, H.-J., Radin, D.
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Document type:
| Abstract book
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Number of reproductions:
| 2
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Reference:
| Shiah, Y. -J., Hsieh, H.-L., Chen, H.-J. & Radin, D. (2016). Intentionally treated water enhances the growth of Arabidopsis thaliana with His-cry2 Cryptochrome. Abstracts of presented papers of the 59th Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Association
and 35th Annual Conference of the Society for Scientific Exploration (p.46), Boulder CO, USA: Parapsychology Association & SSE.
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| Indexed document: | No
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| Keywords: | Cryptochrome / Intention / Mind-matter interaction
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Intentionally treated water enhances the growth of Arabidopsis thaliana with His-cry2 cryptochrome |