Table 1 Changes in the average sprout weight and length after 4 days of soybean sprout cultivation depending on the type of irrigation water.

From: Roles of oxides of nitrogen on quality enhancement of soybean sprout during hydroponic production using plasma discharged water recycling technology

Cultivating water

Tap water

Plasma-discharged water

Tap water + cPTIO

Plasma-discharged water + cPTIO

Parameters

(Units: g)

Weight (g)

48.2 ± 1.1b

53.5 ± 1.5a

32.8 ± 0.8c

30.3 ± 1.0c

Hypocotyl length (cm)

5.2 ± 0.3b

6.3 ± 0.5a

3.1 ± 0.3c

2.6 ± 0.6d

Radicle length (cm)

5.5 ± 0.6a

5.8 ± 0.9a

4.3 ± 0.4b

4.0 ± 0.8b

  1. Average and standard deviations with different letters (a, b, c, d) in the same line were significantly different based on Duncan’s multiple range tests (p < 0.05).
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