Decontamination of grains and legumes infected with Aspergillus spp. and Penicillum spp. by cold plasma treatment

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 5104-5109

  Selcuk, Meral ^a   Oksuz, Lutfi ^a   Basaran, Pervin ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Non thermal; Penicillum; Plasma; Seed treatment

Indexed keywords

DECONTAMINATION; FUNGI; SEED;

GERMINATION QUALITY; PLASMA; SEED TREATMENT;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

DECONTAMINATION; FUNGI; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); SEED;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CEREAL; FOOD STORAGE; FUNGUS; LEGUME; PATHOGEN; PLASMA; SEED TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BATCH PROCESS; COLD PLASMA TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; GAS; GERMINATION; GRAIN; HYPOBARISM; LEGUME; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEED; TECHNIQUE; VACUUM;

AIR; ASPERGILLUS; CEREALS; COLD; DECONTAMINATION; DISINFECTION; FABACEAE; GERMINATION; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PENICILLIUM; PRESSURE; SEEDS; TRITICUM;

ASPERGILLUS; FUNGI;

EID: 41849143047     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2007.09.076     Document Type: Article

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