Effects of non-thermal plasma technology on Diaporthe longicolla cultures and mechanisms involved.

Background: The Diaporthe/Phomopsis complex (D/P) is a group of soybean seed-borne fungi. The use of chemical fungicides, either for seed treatment or during the crop cycle, is the most adopted practice for treating fungal diseases caused by this complex. Worldwide, there is a search for alternative seed treatments that are less harmful to the environment than chemicals.

Enhancement of soybean nodulation by seed treatment with non-thermal plasmas.

Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) is one of the most important crops worldwide providing dietary protein and vegetable oil. Most of the nitrogen required by the crop is supplied through biological N fixation.

Erratum to "Improvement of growth and yield of soybean plants through the application of non-thermal plasmas to seeds with different health status" [Heliyon Volume 5, Issue 4, April 2019, e01495].

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.

Glow Discharge in a High-Velocity Air Flow: The Role of the Associative Ionization Reactions Involving Excited Atoms.

A kinetic scheme for non-equilibrium regimes of atmospheric pressure air discharges is developed. A distinctive feature of this model is that it includes associative ionization with the participation of N(D, P) atoms. The thermal dissociation of vibrationally excited nitrogen molecules and the electronic excitation from all the vibrational levels of the nitrogen molecules are also accounted for.

Improvement of growth and yield of soybean plants through the application of non-thermal plasmas to seeds with different health status.

Soybean ( (L.) Merrill) is a globally important crop, providing oil and protein. complex includes seed-borne pathogens that affect this legume.