The subject of the offer is a method of protecting economically important plants, especially vascular plants, against bacterial pathogens by directly treating the seeds of these plants with cold atmospheric plasma (CAP).
This plasma is generated in a plasma pen as a result of initiating dielectric barrier discharge (DBD).
The solution demonstrates the effectiveness of CAP, generated by initiating DBD in a helium atmosphere in a plasma pen, for the eradication of economically important bacterial phytopathogens.
As a result of the effective inactivation of plant pathogenic bacteria cells, it would be possible to reduce crop losses and thus ensure access to high-quality food for a growing human population. In this context, it is important that the selected method is effective, environmentally friendly and inexpensive, which is why the subject of the reported invention is a method of protecting economically important plants against bacterial pathogens by direct treatment of seeds with CAP.
