Non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma: Screening for gentle process conditions and antibacterial efficiency on perishable fresh produce

Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies

Volumn 22, Issue , 2014, Pages 147-157

  Baier, Matthias ^a   Görgen, Mandy ^a   Ehlbeck, Jörg ^b   Knorr, Dietrich ^c   Herppich, Werner B ^a   Schlüter, Oliver ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND BIOECONOMY ATB   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PLASMA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence imaging; Cold plasma; Disinfection; Noninvasive methods; Physical sanitation treatment; Postharvest quality

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRUITS; MICROORGANISMS; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMA JETS; SANITATION; VEGETABLES;

CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; COLD PLASMAS; NONINVASIVE METHODS; PHYSICAL SANITATION TREATMENT; POSTHARVEST QUALITY;

PLASMAS;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTUCA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MALUS X DOMESTICA; VALERIANELLA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84897104175     PISSN: 14668564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ifset.2014.01.011     Document Type: Article

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