TY - GEN
T1 - Preliminary study of plasma-treated water for germination stimulation of agricultural seeds
AU - Abuzairi, Tomy
AU - Poespawati, Nji Raden
AU - Purnamaningsih, Retno Wigajatri
AU - Apriady, Dicky
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017/12/5
Y1 - 2017/12/5
N2 - Plasma treatment could generate UV radiation, chemical reactions, and radicals that be able to modify the properties of a wide range of materials, including water. Water treated by plasma produces reactive nitrate-nitrogen and oxygen species that useful for the fertilization of agriculture soil and plant growth. Moreover, the water treated by plasma can be used for increasing postharvest quality of agriculture products. In this study, plasma treatment of water has been used to stimulate the germination of agricultural seed, i.e. water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica). The results demonstrate that the water spinach seeds treated by plasma-treated water not only had better germination rate and germination index, but also had a higher length index and weight. Compared with control sample, the germination rate and germination index of the plasma-treatment sample improved by 16.96% and 28.57%, respectively. Characteristics of length index also increase to 425.46. In addition, fresh weight of plasma-treatment sample was higher than the control sample by 33.3%. These results indicated that plasma-treated water might be potentially applicable for increasing water spinach plant growth.
AB - Plasma treatment could generate UV radiation, chemical reactions, and radicals that be able to modify the properties of a wide range of materials, including water. Water treated by plasma produces reactive nitrate-nitrogen and oxygen species that useful for the fertilization of agriculture soil and plant growth. Moreover, the water treated by plasma can be used for increasing postharvest quality of agriculture products. In this study, plasma treatment of water has been used to stimulate the germination of agricultural seed, i.e. water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica). The results demonstrate that the water spinach seeds treated by plasma-treated water not only had better germination rate and germination index, but also had a higher length index and weight. Compared with control sample, the germination rate and germination index of the plasma-treatment sample improved by 16.96% and 28.57%, respectively. Characteristics of length index also increase to 425.46. In addition, fresh weight of plasma-treatment sample was higher than the control sample by 33.3%. These results indicated that plasma-treated water might be potentially applicable for increasing water spinach plant growth.
KW - Plasma
KW - agricultural
KW - germination stimulation
KW - water
KW - water spinach seed
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85046084372&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/QIR.2017.8168467
DO - 10.1109/QIR.2017.8168467
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85046084372
T3 - QiR 2017 - 2017 15th International Conference on Quality in Research (QiR): International Symposium on Electrical and Computer Engineering
SP - 128
EP - 131
BT - QiR 2017 - 2017 15th International Conference on Quality in Research (QiR)
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 15th International Conference on Quality in Research: International Symposium on Electrical and Computer Engineering, QiR 2017
Y2 - 24 July 2017 through 27 July 2017
ER -