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PLASMA SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Volume 18, Issue 10, Pages 1027-1033Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1009-0630/18/10/10
Keywords
cold plasma; peanut; germination; dry weight; yields
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- National Key Technology Research and Development Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China [2012BAD05B04]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41201241]
- Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDB15030301]
- Jiangsu Province Science and Technology Support Program [BE2013452]
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This study explored the effects of cold plasma treatment on seed germination, plant growth, and peanut yield. Cold plasma treatment improved germination and seedling growth, and the 120 W treatment produced the best effect. Germination potential and germination rate were markedly raised by 150% and 21%, respectively. Germination was accelerated and the uniformity of emergence improved. The apparent contact angle was decreased by 53%. Seedling shoot and root dry weights increased by 11% and 9%. Leaf area, leaf thickness, leaf nitrogen concentration, chlorophyll contents, and dry weight at the fruiting stage, together with plant height, stem diameter, and root dry weight at the mature stage were all markedly raised by the cold plasma treatment. The cold plasma treatment enhanced yield components, such as branch numbers per plant, pod numbers per plant, and 100 pod weights by 8%, 13%, and 9%, respectively, compared to the control. Furthermore, the yield improved by 10%. These results suggested that cold plasma treatment improved germination, plant growth, and yield, which might be due to the cold plasma increasing the leaf area, nitrogen concentrations, and chlorophyll contents.
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