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Seed Priming with Non-thermal Plasma Modified Plant Reactions to Selenium or Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles: Cold Plasma as a Novel Emerging Tool for Plant Science

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This research explored the capability of seed priming with the non-thermal plasma to modify reactions of Melissa officinalis, an important medicinal plant, to zinc oxide (nZnO) or selenium (nSe) nanoparticles. The germinating seeds were primed with the plasma (0.84Wcm−2 surface power densities) under different durations (0, 50, 90, and 120 s); after that the primed seeds were cultured in petri dish containing Hoagland nutrient solution manipulated with various concentrations of nSe (0, 2, 5, 10, and 20 mgl−1) or nZnO (0, 50, and 250 mgl−1). The plasma treatments not only improved growth-related characteristics (stem length, root length, and leaf wide) and biomass accumulation but also toxicity signs of nSe (5, 10, and 20 mgl−1) were partly mitigated by the plasma priming. Interestingly, the plasma treatments induced peroxidase activity about 46%. Similarly, inductions in the activity of phenylalanine ammonia lyase were recorded in the plasma-primed seedlings. The correlations between the evaluated traits were found to be significant. Taken collectively, it could be exploited for delivering a novel tool regarding seed priming, biofortification, and seed/seedling-derived foods.

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Corresponding author specially would like to acknowledge of Plasma Physics Research Center, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. Authors would like to thank Prof. Mahmood Ghoranneviss, M.Sc. Hamed Nikmaram, M.Sc. Maryam Amini, and M.Sc. Hosseini for their benevolent and professional collaborations in the research procedure.

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  1. Department of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

    Alameh Babajani & Alireza Iranbakhsh

  2. Department of Biology, Garmsar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Garmsar, Iran

    Zahra Oraghi Ardebili

  3. Department of Biology, Ghaemshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ghaemshahr, Iran

    Bahman Eslami

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Babajani, A., Iranbakhsh, A., Oraghi Ardebili, Z. et al. Seed Priming with Non-thermal Plasma Modified Plant Reactions to Selenium or Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles: Cold Plasma as a Novel Emerging Tool for Plant Science. Plasma Chem Plasma Process 39, 21–34 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11090-018-9934-y

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