Abstract
Improving germination and seedling establishment can effectively increase crop yields. Cold plasma (CP) seed priming can be used as an emerging tool to improve germination efficiency and increase seedling growth. The effects of CP seed priming for different time periods (5 and 10 min) on germination, seedling growth, seedling root morphology, photosynthetic pigments, antioxidant defense system and nutrient uptake of Cuminum cyminum L. (cumin) were investigated. Seed priming with 5 and 10 min CP improved the germination efficiency and germination index by increasing the water absorption capacity of the seeds. CP seed priming for 5 min induced growth, biomass production, proline content and antioxidant defense system of cumin seedlings. Seed pretreatment with 5 min CP enhanced nutrient uptake by increasing root growth, volume and area surface and, consequently, improved photosynthetic pigment contents and growth of cumin seedling. However, 10 CP pretreatment induced oxidative stress and damage to membrane lipids by excessively increasing the level of active species (H2O2 and superoxide anion), resulting in reduced seedling growth and biomass compared to control ones. Therefore, seed priming with CP at the appropriate time duration can be a promising tool to increase germination efficiency and improve seedling establishment in aromatic and medicinal plants.
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Claim · model-written summary
Five and ten minute cold plasma priming improved cumin germination efficiency and index.
- Taxon
- Cuminum cyminum L. (cumin)
Cuminum cyminume1 - Treatment
- Seed priming with 5 and 10 min CPe0
- Outcome
- germination efficiency and germination indexe0
- Direction
- improvede0
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Verbatim
e0“Seed priming with 5 and 10 min CP improved the germination efficiency and germination index by increasing the water absorption capacity of the seeds.”
e1“Cuminum cyminum L. (cumin)”
Claim · model-written summary
Five and ten minute cold plasma priming increased seed water absorption capacity.
- Taxon
- Cuminum cyminum L. (cumin)Cuminum cyminume1
- Treatment
- Seed priming with 5 and 10 min CPe0
- Outcome
- water absorption capacity of the seedse0
- Direction
- increasinge0
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Verbatim
e0“Seed priming with 5 and 10 min CP improved the germination efficiency and germination index by increasing the water absorption capacity of the seeds.”
e1“Cuminum cyminum L. (cumin)”
Claim · model-written summary
Five minute cold plasma priming increased seedling growth and biomass.
- Taxon
- Cuminum cyminum L. (cumin)Cuminum cyminume1
- Organ / stage
- seedlingse0
- Treatment
- CP seed priming for 5 mine0
- Outcome
- growth, biomass productione0
- Direction
- inducede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“CP seed priming for 5 min induced growth, biomass production, proline content and antioxidant defense system of cumin seedlings.”
e1“Cuminum cyminum L. (cumin)”
Claim · model-written summary
Five minute cold plasma priming induced proline content and antioxidant defense.
- Taxon
- Cuminum cyminum L. (cumin)Cuminum cyminume1
- Organ / stage
- seedlingse0
- Treatment
- CP seed priming for 5 mine0
- Outcome
- proline content and antioxidant defense systeme0
- Direction
- inducede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“CP seed priming for 5 min induced growth, biomass production, proline content and antioxidant defense system of cumin seedlings.”
e1“Cuminum cyminum L. (cumin)”
Claim · model-written summary
Five minute cold plasma pretreatment increased root growth, volume and surface area.
- Taxon
- Cuminum cyminum L. (cumin)Cuminum cyminume1
- Organ / stage
- roote0
- Treatment
- Seed pretreatment with 5 min CPe0
- Outcome
- root growth, volume and area surfacee0
- Direction
- increasinge0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Seed pretreatment with 5 min CP enhanced nutrient uptake by increasing root growth, volume and area surface”
e1“Cuminum cyminum L. (cumin)”
Claim · model-written summary
Five minute cold plasma pretreatment enhanced nutrient uptake.
- Taxon
- Cuminum cyminum L. (cumin)Cuminum cyminume1
- Treatment
- Seed pretreatment with 5 min CPe0
- Outcome
- nutrient uptakee0
- Direction
- enhancede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Seed pretreatment with 5 min CP enhanced nutrient uptake by increasing root growth, volume and area surface”
e1“Cuminum cyminum L. (cumin)”
Claim · model-written summary
Five minute cold plasma pretreatment improved photosynthetic pigment contents and seedling growth.
- Taxon
- Cuminum cyminum L. (cumin)Cuminum cyminume1
- Treatment
- Seed pretreatment with 5 min CPe0
- Outcome
- photosynthetic pigment contents and growth of cumin seedlinge0
- Direction
- improvede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Seed pretreatment with 5 min CP enhanced nutrient uptake by increasing root growth, volume and area surface and, consequently, improved photosynthetic pigment contents and growth of cumin seedling.”
e1“Cuminum cyminum L. (cumin)”
Claim · model-written summary
Ten minute cold plasma pretreatment increased hydrogen peroxide and superoxide anion levels.
- Taxon
- Cuminum cyminum L. (cumin)Cuminum cyminume1
- Treatment
- 10 CP pretreatmente0
- Outcome
- level of active species (H2O2 and superoxide anion)e0
- Direction
- increasinge0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“10 CP pretreatment induced oxidative stress and damage to membrane lipids by excessively increasing the level of active species (H2O2 and superoxide anion)”
e1“Cuminum cyminum L. (cumin)”
Claim · model-written summary
Ten minute cold plasma pretreatment induced oxidative stress and membrane lipid damage.
- Taxon
- Cuminum cyminum L. (cumin)Cuminum cyminume1
- Treatment
- 10 CP pretreatmente0
- Outcome
- oxidative stress and damage to membrane lipidse0
- Direction
- inducede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“10 CP pretreatment induced oxidative stress and damage to membrane lipids”
e1“Cuminum cyminum L. (cumin)”
Claim · model-written summary
Ten minute cold plasma pretreatment reduced seedling growth and biomass versus controls.
- Taxon
- Cuminum cyminum L. (cumin)Cuminum cyminume1
- Treatment
- 10 CP pretreatmente0
- Outcome
- seedling growth and biomasse0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Comparator
- control onese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“10 CP pretreatment induced oxidative stress and damage to membrane lipids by excessively increasing the level of active species (H2O2 and superoxide anion), resulting in reduced seedling growth and biomass compared to control ones.”
e1“Cuminum cyminum L. (cumin)”
Claim · model-written summary
Appropriately timed cold plasma priming is proposed to improve germination and seedling establishment.
- Taxon
- Cuminum cyminum L. (cumin)Cuminum cyminume1
- Treatment
- seed priming with CP at the appropriate time duratione0
- Outcome
- increase germination efficiency and improve seedling establishmente0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“seed priming with CP at the appropriate time duration can be a promising tool to increase germination efficiency and improve seedling establishment in aromatic and medicinal plants.”
e1“Cuminum cyminum L. (cumin)”
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