An eco-friendly, pollution-free process for seed germination and plant yield

Abstract

Reports of potential applications of Cold Plasma (CP) in agriculture have increased significantly in recent years. As one fast, economic, and pollution-free method, CP treatment has been found to promote seed germination and plant yield. Cold plasma (CP), non-thermal technology, can be generated by radio frequency or microwave sources. It is well known to us that rice (Oryza sativa L) is a common cereal and the staple food over half the world’s population. Different researchers reported that there is a positive impact on seed germination and plant yield of rice. Our objective is to develop an eco-friendly and cost efficient technology based on CP technique to improve the seed germination and plant yield of rice. Numerous works has been carried out to develop some statistical models, in which historical data on crop yields and weather are used to calibrate relatively simple regression equations. Three main types of statistical approaches are found in the literature: time series methods, panel methods and cross-section methods. We are planning to develop a statistical model which is basically based on the multi linear regression model to study the crop yield specially for rice. In the present work, a detail review on different experimental works on CP technique for improvement of seed germination and plant yield of rice as well as different statistical models will be described.