Effect of Cold Plasma Treatment on Seed Quality Parameters under Cold Stress in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)
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Abiotic stresses impinge rice production all over the world. Low temperature stress is one among the major abiotic stresses in crop plants significantly affecting plant growth, survival, reproduction, and dispersal. Therefore an experiment was carried out on rice variety BPT 5204 to study the effects of cold plasma treatment under cold stress. Attempt was made to standardize appropriate stage of exposure (dry seeds, sprouted seeds), voltage (30kv, 20kv) and duration of exposure (10min, 20min) based on the performance in vigour tests i.e., germination, seedling dry weight, seedling vigour index-II, field emergence test, abnormality and imbibition tests at a temperature of 18°C. Results indicated that exposure of sprouts of BPT 5204 at 20kv for 20min has given highest germination (88%), seedling dry weight (68.10 mg), seedling vigour index II (597), field emergence (77%), imbibition rate (0.495) and lowest abnormality (12%) in comparison to control and other treatments. This indicates that cold plasma treated at 20kv for 20min on paddy sprouts had a greater stimulatory effect on plant growth and development under cold temperature conditions.
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In barley and rice, plasma treatment improved seedling vigor and stress tolerance by promoting better water uptake and activating antioxidant responses.
“Similar results have been observed in other crops, such as barley and rice, where plasma treatment has improved seedling vigor and stress tolerance by promoting better water uptake and activating antioxidant responses41,42.”
From Cold plasma technology as a pre-treatment for seed priming enhances germination and reduces salinity stress in Prosopis Koelziana (2025) · cites this paper as [42]
Section 3.3 reports improved seedling vigour in plasma-treated rice under cold conditions, and section 3.6 reports increased imbibition and a proposed improvement in water uptake. The paper discusses reactive oxygen species as growth signals, but does not report activation of antioxidant responses. It mentions barley in the Introduction without presenting barley results. (LLM, conf=0.87)
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- Authors
- Shilpa, B., Priya, P. B., Pallavi, M., & Rao, P. J. M.
- Affiliations
- Professor Jayashankar Telangana Agricultural University (IN)
- Venue
- Journal of Experimental Agriculture International
- Publisher
- Sciencedomain International
- Published
- 2024-08-19
- Volume
- 46
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 943-953
- ISSN
- 2231-0606 (ISSN-L)
- 2457-0591
- OpenAlex
- W4401698003
- Cited by
- 5
- References
- 24
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 3
- FWCI
- 1.43
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- Locations
- Journal of Experimental Agriculture International (publishedVersion)
- Journal of Experimental Agriculture International (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- HAL (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Physiology › Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Plasma Applications and Diagnostics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Seed Germination and Physiology
- Keywords
- cold plasma treatment, cold stress, rice, seed quality, seed germination, seedling vigor, seedling dry weight, field emergence, imbibition, abiotic stress, BPT 5204
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