Investigation of the effect of water treated with low-temperature plasma on the formation of seedlings and sprouts of vegetables

Abstract

The article presents a study of the effect of plasma-activated water (PAW) on the development of seedlings from carrot and radish seeds, as well as forcing of garlic with its subsequent growth during its vegetative reproduction. The results of the experiment were obtained by a comparative analysis of the parameters of the development of crops and plantings, watering of which was carried out with treated, as well as not treated with low-temperature plasma water. During the germination of carrot and radish seeds, as well as forcing of garlic bulbs from the cloves, the positive effect of plasma-treated water was established. The germination numbers of carrot and radish seeds increased by an average of 18-20%, and the germination of garlic cloves by 20 ± 5%. Based on the results obtained, it was concluded that the PAW treatment of the planting material of root and bulbous vegetable crops contributes to the acceleration of certain physiological processes (removal from the latent stage of seeds and the beginning of bulb vegetation), as well as, possibly, to the acceleration of mitotic processes of the apical meristems of the studied plants. This work can form the basis of a fundamentally new eco-friendly, as well as cost-effective approach in the cultivation of food, medicinal and other industrially significant plants.