PPPS-2013: Growth control of leaf lettuce using pulsed electric field

Author

Sonoda, Takuji ; Douyan Wang ; Namihira, Takao ; Akiyama, Hidenori

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Kumamoto Univ., Kumamoto, Japan

fYear

2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

Physical phenomena caused by pulsed electromagnetic energy have a variety of applications on biotechnologies. Electroporation method for agricultural applications was started around 15 years ago in order to improve juice extraction yield of fruits and root vegetables. Some reported that the drying time of root vegetables can be reduced to about 1/3 due to promotion of cell-disruption after applying pulsed electric field¹, and germination rate of Nicotiana tabacum was increased using by applying pulsed electromagnetic field². Those studies suggest that pulsed electromagnetic energy owns a certain effect on plant for its growth control.

Keywords

agricultural engineering; biotechnology; crops; fertilisers; pulsed power technology; Nicotiana tabacum; agricultural applications; biotechnologies; electroporation method; fruits; juice extraction yield improvement; leaf lettuce growth control; liquid fertilizers; pesticide-free plant factories; pulse application period; pulsed electric field; pulsed electromagnetic energy; root vegetables; Computer science; Educational institutions; Electric fields; Electrical engineering; Organizations; Production facilities;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Plasma Science (ICOPS), 2013 Abstracts IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

0730-9244

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLASMA.2013.6634812

Filename

6634812