Influence of Plasma Treatment in Open Air on Mycotoxin Content and Grain Nutriments

摘要

Surface treatment by low-temperature plasma has a great potential in a wide range of applications in many industries and research fields, such as material engineering, automobile industry, ecology, medicine, and agriculture. The application of plasma treatments is relatively new and not very common in agriculture. Protecting cereal seeds against some fungal diseases is one of the plasma applications in agriculture. We tested the possibility of decreased mycotoxin concentration by low pressure and atmospheric pressure plasmas. In addition, we investigated the effects of plasma treatment on nutritive values of the seeds because of their usage as domestic animal feed. The influence on seed germination was also studied and are also reported here.