Potential use of cold plasma treatment for disinfection and quality preservation of grape inoculated with Botrytis cinerea
Ali Khalaj, Ebrahim Ahmadi, Sohiela Mirzaei, Fahiemeh Ghaemizadeh · 2023
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Ali Khalaj and co-authors test cold plasma as a way to stop gray mold on stored grapes, in a 2023 study. The mold, Botrytis cinerea, rots grapes in storage and cuts shelf life. Cold plasma is a new, heat-free treatment that can kill microbes. The team asked whether it also keeps the fruit's quality intact.
Grapes were deliberately infected, then treated for up to forty seconds. Fruit was stored cold for five weeks. By the last week, untreated grapes were fully moldy with heavy microbe counts. The forty-second treatment held mold to under five percent with much lower counts. Quality traits were tracked alongside. A seconds-long treatment could spare grapes without chemicals or heat.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ali Khalaj, Ebrahim Ahmadi, Sohiela Mirzaei, Fahiemeh Ghaemizadeh |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 47 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |