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Author Holc, Matej author

Title Plasma Agriculture oxygen plasma effects on garlic By Matej Holc, Ita Junkar and Miran Mozetič
Published Newcastle-upon-Tyne Cambridge Scholars Publisher 2020

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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 the plant
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Subject Garlic.
Plasma physics.
Agricultural science.
Garlic
Form Electronic book
Author Junkar, Ita author
Mozetič, Miran author
ISBN 1527560473
9781527560475