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PLASMA SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Volume 10, Issue 4, Pages 506-511Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1009-0630/10/4/22
Keywords
early growth; germination; Lamb's Quarters; seed enhancement; stimulation; surfatron discharge
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- Institutional Research Plan [AV0Z6087052]
- MSM of Czech Republic [0021620834]
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The seeds of Lamb's Quarters (Chenopodium album agg.) were stimulated by low-pressure discharge. The tested seeds were exposed to plasma discharge for different time durations (from 6 minutes to 48 minutes). Germination tests were performed under specified laboratory conditions during seven days in five identical and completely independent experiments. Significant differences between the control and plasma-treated seeds were observed. The treated seeds showed structural changes on the surface of the seat coat. They germinated faster and their sprout accretion on the first day of seed germination was longer. Germination rate for the untreated seeds was 15% while it increased approximately three times (max 55%) for seeds treated by plasma from 12 minutes to 48 minutes.
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