Plasma treatment of water and wastewater as a promising
approach to promote plant growth

J 2025

Plasma treatment of water and wastewater as a promising approach to promote plant growth

CECHOVA, Ludmila; Plamena MARINOVA; Evgenia BENOVA; Yana TOPALOVA; Ivaylo YOTINOV et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Plasma treatment of water and wastewater as a promising approach to promote plant growth

Authors

CECHOVA, Ludmila (guarantor); Plamena MARINOVA; Evgenia BENOVA; Yana TOPALOVA; Ivaylo YOTINOV; Yovana TODOROVA; Lucie ŠIMONÍKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution); Karel NOVOTNÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution); Jakub BUDAY; Pavlina MODLITBOVA; Zdenka KOZAKOVA; Pavel PORIZKA; Jozef KAISER and Frantisek KRCMA

Edition

Journal of physics D: Applied physics, Bristol, IOP Publishing Ltd. 2025, 0022-3727

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Article in a journal

Field of Study

10305 Fluids and plasma physics

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

References:

URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 3.100 in 2023

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ada6cd

UT WoS

001398142700001

EID Scopus

2-s2.0-85215837371

Keywords in English

low temperature plasma; agriculture; wastewater; plasma activated water; fertilizer

Abstract

V originále

Plasma agriculture as a novel approach started to gain more attention in the last decade. In this work, the effect of plasma activated water (PAW) prepared with different plasma sources from three types of water on germination and growth of Cucumis melo L. was studied. The best effect of PAW from distilled water on the growth of seedlings was observed when prepared using the surface-wave-sustained microwave discharge. The effect of artificially prepared plasma activated water (ArtPAW) was studied, however, it was found that while ArtPAW may cause similar effects to the plasma PAW, the effect is not as significant and consistent. Further, PAW was prepared from tap and wastewater. It was found that PAW from wastewater has positive effects on both germination of the seeds and the growth of the seedlings. The root elongation of C. melo after application of plasma treated wastewater increased up to 130% compared to the control. Moreover, it was found that plants grown in PAW from wastewater contained significantly higher concentrations of plant nutrients. Therefore, it shows a promising approach for the application of non-thermal plasma in plant fertilization and a method of wastewater reuse after plasma treatment.

Cite

CECHOVA, Ludmila; Plamena MARINOVA; Evgenia BENOVA; Yana TOPALOVA; Ivaylo YOTINOV; Yovana TODOROVA; Lucie ŠIMONÍKOVÁ; Karel NOVOTNÝ; Jakub BUDAY; Pavlina MODLITBOVA; Zdenka KOZAKOVA; Pavel PORIZKA; Jozef KAISER and Frantisek KRCMA. Plasma treatment of water and wastewater as a promising approach to promote plant growth. Journal of physics D: Applied physics. Bristol: IOP Publishing Ltd., 2025, vol. 58, No 11, p. 1-17. ISSN 0022-3727. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ada6cd.

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N2  - Plasma agriculture as a novel approach started to gain more attention in the last decade. In this work, the effect of plasma activated water (PAW) prepared with different plasma sources from three types of water on germination and growth of Cucumis melo L. was studied. The best effect of PAW from distilled water on the growth of seedlings was observed when prepared using the surface-wave-sustained microwave discharge. The effect of artificially prepared plasma activated water (ArtPAW) was studied, however, it was found that while ArtPAW may cause similar effects to the plasma PAW, the effect is not as significant and consistent. Further, PAW was prepared from tap and wastewater. It was found that PAW from wastewater has positive effects on both germination of the seeds and the growth of the seedlings. The root elongation of C. melo after application of plasma treated wastewater increased up to 130% compared to the control. Moreover, it was found that plants grown in PAW from wastewater contained significantly higher concentrations of plant nutrients. Therefore, it shows a promising approach for the application of non-thermal plasma in plant fertilization and a method of wastewater reuse after plasma treatment.
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CECHOVA, Ludmila; Plamena MARINOVA; Evgenia BENOVA; Yana TOPALOVA; Ivaylo YOTINOV; Yovana TODOROVA; Lucie ŠIMONÍKOVÁ; Karel NOVOTNÝ; Jakub BUDAY; Pavlina MODLITBOVA; Zdenka KOZAKOVA; Pavel PORIZKA; Jozef KAISER and Frantisek KRCMA. Plasma treatment of water and wastewater as a promising approach to promote plant growth. \textit{Journal of physics D: Applied physics}. Bristol: IOP Publishing Ltd., 2025, vol.~58, No~11, p.~1-17. ISSN~0022-3727. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ada6cd.

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