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Current status and future prospects of agricultural applications using atmospheric‐pressure plasma technologies
Author(s) -
Ito Masafumi,
Oh JunSeok,
Ohta Takayuki,
Shiratani Masaharu,
Hori Masaru
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
plasma processes and polymers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.644
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1612-8869
pISSN - 1612-8850
DOI - 10.1002/ppap.201700073
Subject(s) - agriculture , atmospheric pressure plasma , human decontamination , atmospheric pressure , plasma , environmental science , germination , biochemical engineering , microorganism , process engineering , mechanism (biology) , nanotechnology , environmental chemistry , materials science , chemistry , computer science , engineering , waste management , biology , agronomy , physics , ecology , meteorology , quantum mechanics , genetics , bacteria
We review new trends of agricultural applications of atmospheric‐pressure plasmas for decontaminating agricultural products and enhancing seed germination and growth of plants and beneficial microorganisms. We classify the decontamination techniques into three kinds of treatments, which are gas‐phase, in‐liquid, and plasma‐activated liquid treatments, and introduce recent studies mainly after 2010, discussing the inactivation mechanism of microorganisms in each treatment. Likewise, we categorize the enhancement techniques into the same three kinds of treatments, and introduce the growth enhancements in detail, discussing the mechanisms and future prospects.