Upgrading Growth by Alkaline Plasma-Activated Water (APAW)

Cold atmospheric plasma as a source of active species is an emerging technology in agriculture, that applies energetic and reactive species to improve the germination and growth of crops. The present study aims to give the results of using alkaline plasma-activated water (APAW) containing active species produced by plasma electrolysis to improve the germination and growth of lentils. Germination was surveyed by soaking the seeds in two samples with tap water (TW) and APAW. The ability of seeds to germinate was higher in APAW samples than in TW samples. Investigation of growth was done in two irrigated with TW and APAW samples. The growth of APAW sample was higher than TW sample.

کلیدواژه ها:

plasma ، water ، alkaline.