4. Conclusion
This study demonstrated the importance of various gases and humidity on plasma induced growth enhancement. The following conclusions are obtained in this study. 1. Air, O2, and NO (10%)þN2 gases plasma irradiation enhance their growth, whereas N2, He and Ar gases plasma irradiation do not have significant effect on growth enhancement. 2. O2 gas fumigation enhances their growth, while NO(10%)þN2, N2, He, and Ar gases fumigation do not. 3. 3 min irradiation of air gas plasma with 40e90%rh leads to more than 2.3 times faster growth. 4. OH and O are key species to growth enhancement based on growth enhancement. 5. Radicals in gas were detected by optical emission spectra, while OH radicals detected in solution using ESR 6. Even for the long storage duration of 17 months, seeds with air plasma irradiation still keep growth enhancement ability. Hence, plasma irradiation has strong influence on growth enhancement and it can be improved by changing the feeding gases and humid conditions Therefore, plasma can play important role in agriculture development.