This COST action aims to investigate the potential of low-temperature plasmas (cold plasmas) as a green alternative to conventional chemicals in agriculture to improve yields, increase plants’ size and robustness, and reduce (or eliminate) the need for antifungal agents. It will break the classical field boundaries for a new dimension in sustainable agriculture with a lower chemical impact. The Action will address the use of plasmas for treating food and packaging. The Action aims to combine numerous European scientific communities dealing with plasma, biology, agriculture, and food processing to identify and develop food production applications.
Project funding:
EU COST Programme
Project results:
Using available cold plasma methods, the applicant will irradiate plant seeds or algae, and together with COST partners and Lithuanian institutions will assess the influence of irradiation parameters (irradiation duration, temperature, type and composition of plasma, plasma density) on plant biochemical processes. New plasma devices for the irradiation of plant seeds or algae will be developed. Surface changes of plasma-modified seeds and/or algae will be evaluated. The creation of novel plasma devise for the treatment of plants and algaes started.
Period of project implementation: 2020-10-06 - 2024-10-05
Project partners: Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Turkey, Albania, Denmark
