Development of an environmentally friendly, economical and effective method for pre-sowing treatment of cotton seeds with a pulsed electric field

The aim of this work is to study the effect of electric pulse gas discharge on cotton seeds in pre-sowing processes in grass-grass-gray soils. The studies were conducted on cotton seed samples brought from the Saatli district of the Azerbaijan Republic. Cotton seed samples were treated with pulse gas discharge at 14 kV for 15 minutes at atmospheric pressure and room temperature. As a result of agrotechnical measures in cotton agrocenosis, the living conditions of microorganisms change dramatically. The number of microorganisms increases. Processing seed in the electric field of pulse discharge helps to reduce the number and harmfulness of phytophages by 46.5-68.3% and 13.1-88.5%, respectively.