Effects of plasma irradiation using various feeding gases on growth of Raphanus sativus L

Autor: Masaharu Shiratani, Takaaki Amano, Nobuya Hayashi, Kazunori Koga, Pankaj Attri, Thapanut Sarinont
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 605:129-140
ISSN: 0003-9861
Popis: In this work, we have studied the action of dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma irradiation using various feeding gases on seeds of Raphanus sativus L. and analysis their growth. Our experimental data shows that Air, O2, and NO(10%)+N2 feeding gases plasma irradiation enhanced plant growth, whereas N2, He and Ar feeding gases plasma irradiation had little influence on plant growth. Moreover, humid air plasma irradiation was more effective in growth enhancement than dry one. More than 2.3 times faster growth was observed by 3 min air plasma irradiation with 40-90% relative humidity. The reactive species generated by plasma in gas phase were detected using optical emission spectroscopy and in liquid phase by electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy. We concluded that OH and O radicals were key species for plant growth enhancement.
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