Table 1 Morpho-physiological characteristics of wheat plants grown from the seeds treated with Ar/O2 and Ar/Air plasmas.

From: Mechanisms and Signaling Associated with LPDBD Plasma Mediated Growth Improvement in Wheat

Features

Root length (cm)

Root DW (g)

Shoot length (cm)

Shoot DW (g)

Chlorophyll (a + b)

Control

7.3 ± 0.92b

0.058 ± 0.002b

12.9 ± 0.55a

0.079 ± 0.013a

80.2 ± 7.90a

Ar/O2

6.1 ± 0.35ab

0.050 ± 0.017b

16.5 ± 0.98b

0.154 ± 0.031b

82.5 ± 17.5a

Ar/Air

5.6 ± 0.46a

0.044 ± 0.004b

13.7 ± 1.35ab

0.098 ± 0.018a

75.7 ± 5.90a

  1. Different letters indicate significant differences between mean ± SD of treatments (n = 3) at a P < 0.05 significance level.