Plasma in Agriculture

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, non-thermal plasma (NTP) technology has increasingly been explored in the agricultural field as an ecofriendly alternative to the conventional agrochemical treatments used in pre and post-harvest (fertilizers, fungicides, plant growth regulators, etc.). Different approaches are used in order to obtain a circular green economy in agriculture, such as surface modification of seeds in order to modulate germination and dormancy, plasma treatment of liquid solutions in order to eliminate contaminant chemical compounds, use of plasma activated water (PAW) in order to promote plant growth, treatment of soil in order to eliminate hazardous chemical compounds, increase water uptake or nitrogen fixation, treatment of vegetables and fruits in order to eliminate fungi or endospores. The topic of “Plasma in Agriculture” is addressed at original research papers focused on the different applications of plasma technology in different crop production steps.

Dr. Ricardo Molina
Dr. Karina Balestrasse
Dr. Ana Gómez-Ramírez
Dr. Romolo Laurita
Dr. Carmen López-Santos
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