Influence of a barrier discharge on the energy of germination and germination of cotton seeds

This study presents the treatment of cotton seeds with a barrier discharge in atmospheric air at 25°С for 20 seconds. Irradiation of plants with atmospheric plasma affects the stimulation of growth, germination energy, and as a result, an increase in the production of raw cotton and the quality of seeds. In this article, the parameters of the influence, in particular of energy discharges on the germination energy and the germination of cotton will be considered. One of the most important parameters of plasma is the processing time of living tissues, which must be carefully chosen to optimize efficiency. The results of the studies have shown that plasma treatment has little effect on the germination energy rate, but leads to an improvement in seed germination. During the study, it was found that under the influence of an electric discharge inside the cell, metabolism occurs by the passage of ions through the cell membrane without energy consumption. At present, exposure to an electric field inside the seed is a redistribution of electric charges, which, in turn, somewhat changes the course of physicochemical processes that affect the further growth and development of plants. Proteins participate in metabolic processes, thus, the treatment affected the properties of proteins. The results obtained showed that the barrier discharge has a positive effect, which leads to a modification of the functional group N-H. It was determined by infrared spectrometry that the irradiation leads to a shift in the absorption bands due to a change in the mass of the atomic nuclei. It has been proven that the treatment of cotton seeds with a barrier discharge leads to an increase in germination energy and germination. Contribution of the authors: the authors contributed equally to this article. The authors declare no conflicts of interests.

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