Evaluation of the Impact of Cold Atmospheric Pressure Plasma on Soybean Seed Germination.

ABSTRACT: The present study aims to define the effects of Cold Atmospheric Pressure Plasma (CAPP) exposure on seed germination of an agriculturally important crop, soybean. Seed treatment with lower doses of CAPP generated in ambient air and oxygen significantly increased the activity of succinate dehydrogenase (Krebs cycle enzyme), proving the switching of the germinating seed metabolism from anoxygenic to oxygenic. In these treatments, a positive effect on seed germination was documented (the percentage of germination increased by almost 20% compared to the untreated control), while the seed and seedling vigour was also positively affected. On the other hand, higher exposure times of CAPP generated in a nitrogen atmosphere significantly inhibited succinate dehydrogenase activity, but stimulated la

SUBMITTER: Svubova R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7833387 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature