ISSN 2360-798X
Abstract
Sustainable agriculture urgently requires innovative, non-chemical, and non-invasive technologies to enhance food security, improve crop productivity, and optimize resource-use efficiency. Blessing (Biofield) Energy Treatment has emerged as a novel approach with potential applications in altering the physiological and therapeutic characteristics of living organisms. This study investigated the impact of a Spiritual Blessing (Biofield) Energy Treatment (SBET) on the germination, growth, and overall crop yield of radish (Raphanus sativus), a globally important root vegetable. A study was conducted using a randomized complete block design. Radish seeds and soil plots were divided into two main categories: control (untreated) radish group (CONRSG) and Biofield Energy Treated radish group (BTRSG). The blessing treatment was administered remotely by a renowned practitioner. Both groups were maintained under identical agro-climatic and nutritional conditions. Various vegetative traits such as leaf length, leaf width, number of lobes in the leaf blades, leaf blades hairs, root shape, and root pungency were satisfactorily improved in the BTRSG compared to the CONRSG. Moreover, various yield traits such as leaf number per plant, leaf width, root length, root girth, and root weight per plant were significantly increased by 29.61% (p = 0.004), 61.23% (p ≤ 0.001), 40.42% (p ≤ 0.001), 42.91% (p ≤ 0.001), and 41.40% (p ≤ 0.001), respectively, in the BTRSG compared to the CONRSG. Consequently, final root yield (t ha-1) of the BTRSG group exhibited a 45.20% increase over the control (CONRSG). These findings underscore the potential of the SBET strategy to fundamentally alter biomass partitioning and enhance agronomic performance of radish, offering a scalable solution for high-yielding cultivation systems.
Keywords: radish, spiritual blessing, biofield treatment, plant morphology, crop yield, Raphanus sativus