Development of cold plasma technologies for surface decontamination of seed fungal pathogens : present status and perspectives

Mravlje, Jure (author), Regvar, Marjana (author), Vogel-Mikuš, Katarina (author)

In view of the ever-growing human population and global environmental crisis, new technologies are emerging in all fields of our life. In the last two decades, the development of cold plasma (CP) technology has offered a promising and environmentally friendly solution for addressing global food security problems. Besides many positive effects, such as promoting seed germination, plant growth, and development, CP can also serve as a surface sterilizing agent. It can be considered a method for decontamination of microorganisms on the seed surface alternative to the traditional use of fungicides. This review covers basics of CP technology and its application in seed decontamination. As this is a relatively young field of research, the data are scarce and hard to compare due to various plasma setups and parameters. On the other hand, the rapidly growing research field offers opportunities for novel findings and applications.

• Language: English
• Keywords: cold plasma, seeds, grains, microorganisms, fungi, agriculture, plant production, food security
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.02 - Review Article
• Organization: BF - Biotechnical Faculty
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2021
• Number of pages: 18 str.
• Numbering: Vol. 7, iss. 8, art. 650
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-136003
• UDC: 577
• ISSN on article: 2309-608X
• DOI: 10.3390/jof7080650
• COBISS.SI-ID: 73991939
• Publication date in RUL: 06.04.2022

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Journal of Fungi
• Shortened title: J. Fungi
• Publisher: MDPI
• ISSN: 2309-608X
• COBISS.SI-ID: 525300761

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.
• Licensing start date: 11.08.2021

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: hladna plazma, semena, zrna, mikroorganizmi, glive, kmetijstvo, rastlinska produkcija, varnost hrane