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Effects of magnetic field-mediated plasma seed treatment and PPW spray: enhanced growth, nutritional composition and yield of tomatoes.
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Abstract
In the agricultural industry, non-thermal plasma has fascinated the scientific community due to its potential applications in the pre-cultivation, cultivation and postharvest processes of crops. Plasma-processed seeds exhibit high germination percentage, fast germination, and enhanced plant growth, antioxidant activity, nutritional composition and yield of several crops. A limited field work was conducted, applying plasma technology from germination to harvest of tomatoes. This experiment was designed to study the consequences of tomato seed treatment using reduced pressure magnetic field-mediated glow discharge (MFGD) plasma for the durations of 3, 6, 9, and 12 min, where 9 min MFGD plasma treatment achieved the best germination percentage with an increase in germination by ∼25.64% compared with the control. Furthermore, plasma-processed water (PPW) was applied to plants grown from 9 min-treated seeds for 4 times at 10 days intervals during the vegetative stage. Experimental results show that in comparison with the control, plant length, stem diameter, and photosynthetic pigments (chlo-a, b and carotene) were enhanced in plants subjected to MFGD seed treatment and PPW spray. In addition, the content of antioxidant enzymes, secondary metabolites, soluble sugar, protein and mineral contents was enhanced. The increments of soluble sugar and protein in the tomato fruits were 41.58% and 146.67%, respectively, with respect to the control. In contrast to the control, the yield was enhanced by ∼30.84%. It can be concluded from this experiment that the plasma-processed seeds and PPW foliar spray collectively contribute significantly to boosting tomato yield and nutrients.
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