Table 1. Effects of plasma at 22.1 kV for different exposure durations on germination and production rates of soybean sprouts.

Exposure duration	Germination rate (%)	Production rate (%)
0 s	80.41 ± 3.00	4.97 ± 0.65
12 s	92.51 ± 2.08**	8.31 ± 0.75**
24 s	91.41 ± 2.85**	7.48 ± 0.39**
48 s	89.53 ± 2.09**	7.08 ± 0.47**
1 min	89.38 ± 2.04**	6.73 ±± 0.84**
2 min	75.51 ± 1.08*	4.11 ± 0.58
3 min	70.41 ± 1.87**	3.37 ± 0.27**

Within a column: ^*p < 0.05 versus control; ^**p < 0.01 versus control, according to LSD test.