Effect of Cold Plasma Treatment on Seed Germination and Growth of Wheat
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This study investigated the effect of cold helium plasma treatment on seed germination, growth and yield of wheat. The effects of different power of cold plasma on the germination of treated wheat seeds were studied. We found that the treatment of 80 W could significantly improve seed germination potential (6.0%) and germination rate (6.7%) compared to the control group. Field experiments were carried out for wheat seeds treated with 80 W cold plasma. Compared with the control, plant height (20.3%), root length (9.0%) and fresh weight (21.8%) were improved significantly at seedling stage. At booting stage, plant height, root length, fresh weight, stem diameter, leaf area and leaf thickness of the treated plant were respectively increased by 21.8%, 11.0%, 7.0%, 9.0%, 13.0% and 25.5%. At the same time, the chlorophyll content (9.8%), nitrogen (10.0%) and moisture content (10.0%) were higher than those of the control, indicating that cold plasma treatment could promote the growth of wheat. The yield of treated wheat was 7.55 t · ha −1 , 5.89% more than that of the control. Therefore, our results show that cold plasma has important application prospects for increasing wheat yield.
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In agriculture, plasma treatment has been found to enhance seed germination, reduce plant diseases, promote plant growth, and increase tolerance to abiotic stresses.
“In agriculture, plasma treatment has been found to enhance seed germination, reduce plant diseases, promote plant growth, and increase tolerance to abiotic stresses21–24.”
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- Authors
- Jiang, J., He, X., Li, L., Li, J., Shao, H., Xu, Q., Ye, R., & Dong, Y.
- Affiliations
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- ORCID
- Venue
- Plasma Science and Technology
- Publisher
- IOP Publishing
- Published
- 2014-01
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 54-58
- ISSN
- 1009-0630 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1562929530
- Cited by
- 303
- References
- 17
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- FWCI
- 12.49
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- doi.org
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- Plasma Science and Technology (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Government of Jiangsu Province
- Science and Technology Support Program of Jiangsu Province
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Plasma Applications and Diagnostics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Physiology › Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques
- Keywords
- non-thermal plasma, helium plasma, wheat, seed germination, seed treatment, plant growth, wheat yield, chlorophyll content, nitrogen content, plasma power
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