Surface Modifications of Wheat Cultivar Bologna upon Treatment with Non-Equilibrium Gaseous Plasma
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Seed Material
2.2. Plasma Reactor
2.3. Plasma Treatment
2.4. Fluence of Neutral Oxygen Atoms
2.5. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
2.6. Scanning Electron Microscopy
2.7. Water Contact Angle
2.8. Germination
2.9. Viability of Seeds
2.10. Statistical Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
3.2. Scanning Electron Microscopy
3.3. Water Contact Angle
3.4. Germination
3.5. Viability of Seeds
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Holc, M.; Vesel, A.; Zaplotnik, R.; Paul, D.; Primc, G.; Mozetič, M.; Gselman, P.; Recek, N. Surface Modifications of Wheat Cultivar Bologna upon Treatment with Non-Equilibrium Gaseous Plasma. Plants 2022, 11, 1552. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11121552
Holc M, Vesel A, Zaplotnik R, Paul D, Primc G, Mozetič M, Gselman P, Recek N. Surface Modifications of Wheat Cultivar Bologna upon Treatment with Non-Equilibrium Gaseous Plasma. Plants. 2022; 11(12):1552. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11121552
Chicago/Turabian StyleHolc, Matej, Alenka Vesel, Rok Zaplotnik, Domen Paul, Gregor Primc, Miran Mozetič, Peter Gselman, and Nina Recek. 2022. "Surface Modifications of Wheat Cultivar Bologna upon Treatment with Non-Equilibrium Gaseous Plasma" Plants 11, no. 12: 1552. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11121552