Plasma Agriculture Oxygen Plasma Effects on Garlic.
Garlic is popular, versatile, and tasty. The Allium crop is beloved worldwide as a food, spice and herbal remedy, but is also widely researched and used in disciplines ranging from medicine to farming. However, what if the growth and yield of garlic could be influenced simply by physically treating...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Cambridge Scholars Publisher,
2020.
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| Online Access: | https://www.lib.tsu.ru/mminfo/2023/EBSCO/2654608.pdf |
| Summary: | Garlic is popular, versatile, and tasty. The Allium crop is beloved worldwide as a food, spice and herbal remedy, but is also widely researched and used in disciplines ranging from medicine to farming. However, what if the growth and yield of garlic could be influenced simply by physically treating its cloves? This is the principle behind plasma agriculture, an emerging field of science which introduces physical concepts to agricultural practice. Here, seeds or other plant materials are briefly exposed to gas plasma, which alters the surface properties, stimulates the growth and strengthens th. |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (198 p.) |
| ISBN: | 1527560473 9781527560475 |