Processing seeds by cold plasma treatment to reduce an apparent contact angle of seeds coat surface
AssigneeAriel-University Research and Development Company Ltd.
InventorsEdward Bormashenko, Roman Grynyov, Yelena Bormashenko, Elyashiv Drobi
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Abstract
Disclosed are methods for reduction on apparent contact angle of seeds coat surface by cold plasma treatment, agricultural devices for said treatment and seeds obtained by methods thereof.
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A method of treating plant seeds comprising:
- providing a plant seed having a seed coat with an outer surface having a natural apparent contact angle;
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- exposing said plant seed to a plasma under conditions effective to substantially reduce the apparent contact angle of said seed coat surface from said natural apparent contact angle to a treated apparent contact angle.
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An agricultural device comprising:
- a plasma-generating component suitable for exposing plant seeds to a plasma under conditions effective to substantially reduce the apparent contact angle of a seed coat surface of said plant seeds from said natural apparent contact angle to a treated apparent contact angle;
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- functionally associated with said plasma-generating component, a sowing-component, configured to plant seeds accepted from said plasma-generating device subsequent to said exposure to said plasma.
A viable plant seed of a type of plant, comprising a seed coat, wherein the apparent contact angle of the surface of said seed coat is substantially lower than that of the natural apparent contact angle of the surface of a seed coat of the type of plant wherein the plant seed is an ungerminated viable plant seed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.