Effects of Non-Thermal Plasma Treatment on Seed Germination and Early Growth of Leguminous Plants—A Review

The legumes (Fabaceae family) are the second most important agricultural crop, both in terms of harvested area and total production. They are an important source of vegetable proteins and oils for human consumption. Non-thermal plasma (NTP) treatment is a new and effective method in surface microbia...

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Published in:Plants (Basel) 2021-08, Vol.10 (8), p.1616
Main Authors: Šerá, Božena, Scholtz, Vladimír, Jirešová, Jana, Khun, Josef, Julák, Jaroslav, Šerý, Michal
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alfalfa
Arachis hypogaea
Bacteria
Beans
Chickpeas
Cicer arietinum
Cold
Contact angle
Decontamination
Disease transmission
Dormancy
Fabaceae
Fenugreek
Food industry
Fourier transforms
Germination
Glycine max
Heat treatment
Inactivation
Legumes
Leguminous plants
Lens culinaris
low temperature plasma
Lupinus angustifolius
Medicago sativa
Microorganisms
Mimosa caesalpiniifolia
Mimosa pudica
Nitrogen
Peanuts
Phaseolus vulgaris
Pisum sativum
Plant diseases
Plant growth
Plant species
plasma treatment
Radio frequency plasma
Review
seed
Seed germination
seedling
Seedlings
Seeds
Soybeans
Species
Thermal plasmas
Trifolium alexandrinum
Trigonella foenum-graecum
Vigna mungo
Vigna radiata
Wettability
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Summary:The legumes (Fabaceae family) are the second most important agricultural crop, both in terms of harvested area and total production. They are an important source of vegetable proteins and oils for human consumption. Non-thermal plasma (NTP) treatment is a new and effective method in surface microbial inactivation and seed stimulation useable in the agricultural and food industries. This review summarizes current information about characteristics of legume seeds and adult plants after NTP treatment in relation to the seed germination and seedling initial growth, surface microbial decontamination, seed wettability and metabolic activity in different plant growth stages. The information about 19 plant species in relation to the NTP treatment is summarized. Some important plant species as soybean (Glycine max), bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), mung bean (Vigna radiata), black gram (V. mungo), pea (Pisum sativum), lentil (Lens culinaris), peanut (Arachis hypogaea), alfalfa (Medicago sativa), and chickpea (Cicer aruetinum) are discussed. Likevise, some less common plant species i.g. blue lupine (Lupinus angustifolius), Egyptian clover (Trifolium alexandrinum), fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum), and mimosa (Mimosa pudica, M. caesalpiniafolia) are mentioned too. Possible promising trends in the use of plasma as a seed pre-packaging technique, a reduction in phytotoxic diseases transmitted by seeds and the effect on reducing dormancy of hard seeds are also pointed out.
ISSN:2223-7747
2223-7747
DOI:10.3390/plants10081616