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q-bio.OT2021★ 38 cited
Sustainable improvement of seeds vigor using dry atmospheric plasma priming: evidence through coating wettability, water uptake and plasma reactive chemistry
T. Dufour, Q. Gutierrez, C. Bailly
Lentil seeds have been packed in a dielectric barrier device and exposed for several minutes to a cold atmospheric plasma generated in helium with/without a reactive gas (nitrogen…
q-bio.OT2018★ 1 cited
Reactive species involved in higher seeds germination and shoots vigor through direct plasma exposure and plasma-activated liquids
T. Dufour, S. Zhang, S. Simon +1
Cold atmospheric plasma treatments have been applied on lenses seeds and shoots to improve their germination and vigor rates. Two approaches have been considered: direct plasma exp…
q-bio.OT2017★ 118 cited
Promoting lentil germination and stem growth by plasma activated tap water, demineralized water and liquid fertilizer
S. Zhang, A. Rousseau, T. Dufour
Tap water, demineralized water and liquid fertilizer have been activated using an atmospheric pressure plasma jet (APPJ) to investigate their benefits for the germination rate and…