Plasma in Agriculture

Topic Information

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
Topic Editors

Keywords

Participating Journals

Journal Name	Impact Factor	CiteScore	Launched Year	First Decision (median)	APC
Agriculture agriculture	3.3	4.9	2011	20.2 Days	CHF 2600
Biomolecules biomolecules	4.8	9.4	2011	16.3 Days	CHF 2700
Cells cells	5.1	9.9	2012	17.5 Days	CHF 2700
International Journal of Molecular Sciences ijms	4.9	8.1	2000	18.1 Days	CHF 2900
Plasma plasma	1.9	2.3	2018	22.9 Days	CHF 1400

MDPI Topics is cooperating with Preprints.org and has built a direct connection between MDPI journals and Preprints.org. Authors are encouraged to enjoy the benefits by posting a preprint at Preprints.org prior to publication:

1. Immediately share your ideas ahead of publication and establish your research priority;
2. Protect your idea from being stolen with this time-stamped preprint article;
3. Enhance the exposure and impact of your research;
4. Receive feedback from your peers in advance;
5. Have it indexed in Web of Science (Preprint Citation Index), Google Scholar, Crossref, SHARE, PrePubMed, Scilit and Europe PMC.

Published Papers (2 papers)

Order results

Content type Publication Date

Result details

Normal Extended Compact

Journals

All Agriculture Biomolecules Cells IJMS Plasma

Show export options expand_more Show export options expand_less

Select all

Export citation of selected articles as:

Plain Text BibTeX BibTeX (without abstracts) Endnote Endnote (without abstracts) Tab-delimited RIS

Error

Oops... you haven't selected anything for export.

Ok

clear

attachment

Supplementary material:
Supplementary File 1 (ZIP, 237 KiB)

19 pages, 2479 KiB  

Open AccessArticle

Growth of Hydroponic Sweet Basil (O. basilicum L.) Using Plasma-Activated Nutrient Solution (PANS)

by Manasi B. Date, W. C. Rivero, Juzhong Tan, David Specca, James E. Simon, Deepti A. Salvi and Mukund V. Karwe

Agriculture 2023, 13(2), 443; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13020443 - 14 Feb 2023

Cited by 5 | Viewed by 3626

Abstract

Hydroponic sweet basil (O. basilicum L.) farming uses a recirculating nutrient solution that may spread waterborne microbial contamination including algae. Plasma, the fourth state of matter, generates antimicrobial reactive oxygen and nitrogen species when exposed to water. The objective of this work [...] Read more.

Hydroponic sweet basil (O. basilicum L.) farming uses a recirculating nutrient solution that may spread waterborne microbial contamination including algae. Plasma, the fourth state of matter, generates antimicrobial reactive oxygen and nitrogen species when exposed to water. The objective of this work was to study the effect of plasma-treated water-based nutrient solution on plant growth and in reduction of algae. Basil plants were grown in isolated ebb and flow hydroponic systems (under monitored environmental conditions) using nutrient solution (NS) and plasma-activated nutrient solution (PANS) with two separate treatments: the same irrigation solutions were used in the growth cycle (Treatment 1: NST1 and PANST1 once at the beginning growth cycle) and new irrigation solutions at every week of the growth cycle (Treatment 2: NST2 and PANST2). The plant growth parameters (height, fresh and dry weight, number of branches and nodes, root length, leaf index), quality parameters (color, texture, aroma, and tissue nutrients concentration), and algae concentrations were measured. Compared to NST1, plants grown on PANST1 were significantly taller (up to 12%), had a higher fresh mass (up to 29%) and dry mass (up to 45%), and had a higher greenness value (up to 28%). Algae growth was significantly reduced in the PANST2 reservoir (up to 24%) compared to the NST2 reservoir. It was confirmed that Treatment 1 significantly improved the yield, morphology, and quality of sweet basil plants, while Treatment 2 was best suited to decreasing algae concentration in the hydroponic environment. This preliminary study indicated that PANS could improve the quality and growth of sweet basil in hydroponic farming while controlling the algae growth in the growing environment. Full article

(This article belongs to the Topic Plasma in Agriculture)

►▼ Show Figures

Figure 1

attachment

Supplementary material:
Supplementary File 1 (ZIP, 567 KiB)

15 pages, 2955 KiB  

Open AccessArticle

Alleviating Heavy Metal Toxicity in Milk and Water through a Synergistic Approach of Absorption Technique and High Voltage Atmospheric Cold Plasma and Probable Rheological Changes

by Mohammad Ruzlan Habib, Shikhadri Mahanta, Yeasmin Nahar Jolly and Janie McClurkin Moore

Biomolecules 2022, 12(7), 913; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom12070913 - 29 Jun 2022

Cited by 9 | Viewed by 1934

Abstract

In this study, we combined atmospheric pressure cold plasma, a novel treatment technology, with an absorption technique with soybean husk to remove Pb and Cd from milk. Different combinations of treatment duration, voltage, and post treatment retention time were used to determine the [...] Read more.

In this study, we combined atmospheric pressure cold plasma, a novel treatment technology, with an absorption technique with soybean husk to remove Pb and Cd from milk. Different combinations of treatment duration, voltage, and post treatment retention time were used to determine the effectiveness of cold plasma. Soybean husk was used for metal extraction, and it was observed that when the milk samples were plasma treated with a discharge voltage of 50 kV for 2 min and held for 24 h, the highest mean elimination of about 27.37% for Pb and 14.89% for Cd was obtained. Reactive oxygen and nitrogen species produced from plasma treatment were identified using Optical Emission Spectra analysis. A high voltage of 50 kV plasma for a 2 min duration could produce 500 ± 100 ppm of ozone concentration inside the treated package. The value of ΔE, which indicates overall color difference measurement, was significantly (p < 0.05) higher in all the treated samples than control samples. However, in the frequency range from 0.01 to 100 Hz, there was not much difference between the control and treated sample in the frequency sweep test. The identified functional groups at different wavenumbers (cm⁻¹) in the treated samples were found to be similar compared to the control samples. Full article

(This article belongs to the Topic Plasma in Agriculture)

►▼ Show Figures

Figure 1

Show export options expand_more Show export options expand_less

Select all

Export citation of selected articles as:

Plain Text BibTeX BibTeX (without abstracts) Endnote Endnote (without abstracts) Tab-delimited RIS

 

Error

Oops... you haven't selected anything for export.

Ok

clear

Displaying articles 1-2