Non-Thermal Plasma as Environmentally-Friendly Technology for Agriculture: A Review and Roadmap

New approaches are required in the agricultural sector to keep pace with the ever-growing demand for food in the context of climate change and resource deterioration and avoiding further negative impact on the environment. Nonthermal plasma is an environmentally-friendly technology which could make...

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Published in:Critical reviews in plant sciences Vol. 43; no. 6; pp. 428 - 486
Main Authors: Bilea, Florin, Garcia-Vaquero, Marco, Magureanu, Monica, Mihaila, Ilarion, Mildažienė, Vida, Mozetič, Miran, Pawłat, Joanna, Primc, Gregor, Puač, Nevena, Robert, Eric, Stancampiano, Augusto, Topala, Ionut, Žūkienė, Rasa
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton Taylor & Francis 01.11.2024
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:
Agricultural industry
Agricultural production
Agricultural sciences
Agricultural technology
Agriculture
Botanics
Cereals
Clean technology
Climate change
Decontamination
Engineering Sciences
Environmental impact
Food sources
Germination
Germination enhancement and plant development
Herbal medicine
Introduced species
Legumes
Life Sciences
Medicinal plants
metabolic processes
non-thermal plasma
Plasma
plasma agriculture
Plasma interactions
Plasmas
reactive oxygen and nitrogen species
Sciences and technics of agriculture
seed decontamination
seed treatment
Seeds
species
sustainable technology
Thermal plasmas
Vegetal Biology
Woody plants
seed decontamination
metabolic processes
Germination enhancement and plant development
reactive oxygen and nitrogen species
non-thermal plasma
plasma agriculture
seed treatment
ISSN:0735-2689, 1549-7836, 1549-7836
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Summary:New approaches are required in the agricultural sector to keep pace with the ever-growing demand for food in the context of climate change and resource deterioration and avoiding further negative impact on the environment. Nonthermal plasma is an environmentally-friendly technology which could make a difference in future agricultural production. This review intends to introduce the topic of plasma agriculture to a broad audience by describing in detail various plasma sources with potential for agricultural applications, as well as the effects of plasma exposure of seeds, both at the macroscopic scale, and concerning the intimate mechanisms occurring inside the plant. Examples meant to illustrate the plasma effect on seeds and plants have been selected among extensively investigated species, such as cereals and legumes, as well as among a few species that are less often reported in literature, such as medicinal plants and woody plants. Generally, the main effects for all types of seeds consist in increased germination, higher plant yield, seed decontamination, and sometimes higher tolerance to various stress factors. These effects are due to the physical and chemical plasma interaction with seeds followed by the response of cell mechanisms, which are addressed in detail in the paper. Finally, a few crucial aspects regarding the practical application of nonthermal plasma in agriculture are discussed to illustrate the challenges and perspective of such treatments.
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ISSN:0735-2689
1549-7836
1549-7836
DOI:10.1080/07352689.2024.2410145