Changes in the Properties and Surface Structure of Grain Seeds under the Influence of a Glow Dischargeat Atmospheric Pressure

The effect of an glow discharge at atmospheric pressure on the surface properties of seeds of grain crops was studied. It was shown that plasma treatment allows significant improvement of the contact properties of the surface of the seed and that significantly low values of contact wetting angle scan be obtained. The effect on the seed membrane of an unequal plasma glow discharge at atmospheric pressure leads to modification of the surface of the seed, which consists in the development of a fine-mesh network on the surface of the seed. With an increase in exposure time or discharge power, the etching effect on the surface of the seed increases, while the seed germination rate does not increase with the intensification of the processing parameters.