Plasma-activated water promotes and finely tunes arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in Lotus japonicus.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Plasma-activated water (PAW) is a recently developed cutting-edge technology that is increasingly gaining interest for its applications in medicine, food industry and agriculture. In plant biology, PAW has been shown to enhance seed germination, plant growth, and plant resilience against biotic and abiotic stresses. Despite increasing knowledge of the beneficial effects exerted by PAW on plants, little information is currently available about how this emerging technology may affect mutualistic plant-microbe interactions in the rhizosphere.

Results

In this work we investigated the impact of irrigation with PAW, generated by a plasma torch, on arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis. Roots of the model legume Lotus japonicus expressing the bioluminescent Ca²⁺

SUBMITTER: Binci F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12032643 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature