Plasma-activated water regulated transcriptome gene expression leading to high germination and growth of mung beans

Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

Table 1 Physical properties of mung bean and mung bean sprout

	Initial germination rate (%)	Hypocotyl (cm)	Root (cm)	Diameters (mm)	GABA (mg/kg) after 8 h	GABA (mg/kg) after 72 h
Control	97.50 ± 4.52^a	2.58 ± 0.94^b	3.39 ± 2.07^a	2.49 ± 0.32^a	31.3 ± 25.6^b	224.1 ± 14.9^b
Nitrogen	97.50 ± 4.52^a	3.35 ± 0.99^a	3.05 ± 1.78^a	2.39 ± 0.35^a	85.6 ± 8.7^ab	360.0 ± 8.8^a
Air	90.80 ± 6.68^b	2.72 ± 0.82^b	3.25 ± 1.67^a	2.42 ± 0.31^a	105.6 ± 31.0^a	333.8 ± 67.8^a

Different superscripts (a and b) in the same row indicate a significant difference (p < 0.05)