Undergoing lignin-coated seeds to cold plasma to enhance the growth of wheat seedlings and obtain future outcome under stressed ecosystems.

ABSTRACT: Climate changes threat global food security and food production. Soil salinization is one of the major issues of changing climate, causing adverse impacts on agricultural crops. Germination and seedlings establishment are damaged under these conditions, so seeds must be safeguard before planting. Here, we use recycled organic tree waste combined with cold (low-pressure) plasma treatment as grain coating to improve the ability of wheat seed cultivars (Misr-1 and Gemmeza-11) to survive, germinate and produce healthy seedlings. The seeds were coated with biofilms of lignin and hash carbon to form a protective extracellular polymeric matrix and then exposed them to low-pressure plasma for different periods of time. The effectiveness of the coating and plasma was evaluated by characterizing the

SUBMITTER: Elgendy AET 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11421780 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature