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- Title
Effect of Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma Jet on Germination and Activation of Squash Seeds (Cucurbita pepo L.).
- Authors
Al-Rashkari, Nashwan S.; Sulyman, Safa Aldeen A.; Al-Taan, Laith M.
- Abstract
In this Experiment, the impact of "Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD) Plasma jet" (5.47 watt) on activation and germination of Squash seeds (Cucurbita pepo L.) is studied at various periods. The seeds are divided into (soaked seeds and dry seeds). After exposing the seeds, measurements are taken for three germination characteristics (root length, shoot length, and number of leaves). The results show that exposing the plasma jet on the seeds soaked with water is better than dry seeds. Results of plasma exposure on soaked plant seeds at root length at exposure time (5 minutes) show superiority to control by 15.80% while there is no effect at (0.5 minutes) on dry seeds is shown during different exposure times (0.5, 1, 3, 5 min), and a clear increase is shown in shoot length and number of leaves compared to the control group. This indicates that the discharge of the plasma dielectric barrier contributes to stimulating the seeds and increasing their germination rate.
- Subjects
PLASMA jets; PLASMA flow; CUCURBITA pepo; GERMINATION; SQUASHES; PLANT identification
- Publication
College of Basic Education Researches Journal, 2024, Vol 20, Issue 1, p712
- ISSN
1992-7452
- Publication type
Article