Table 6.
Pesticide Decontamination | |||||||||
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Food Product | Plasma Device | Pesticide Active Ingredients | Degradation of Pesticides | Parameters | Reference | ||||
Time (s) | Distance (mm) | Input Power (W) | Voltage (kV) | Frequency | |||||
Strawberries | DBD | Azoxystrobin, cyprodinil, fludioxonil, and pyriproxyfen | 69%; 45%; 71%; 46% | 300 | 40 | - | 80 | 50.0 Hz | [75] |
Blueberries | DBD | Boscalid and imidacloprid | 80.2%; 75.6% | 300 | 40 | - | 80 | 50.0 Hz | [76] |
Corn | DBD | Chlorpyrifos and carbaryl | 86.2%; 66.6% | 60 | 6 | 20 | - | 12.0 kHz | [73] |
Mango | Gliding arc | Chlorpyrifos and cypermethrin | 74%; 62.9% | 300 | 2.5 | 600 | 8 | - | [77] |
Apple | DBD | Chlorpyrifos and diazinon | 87.0%; 87.4% | 600 | 7 | - | 13 | 13.0 kHz | [74] |
Cucumber | DBD | Chlorpyrifos and diazinon | 33.7%; 82.2% | 600 | 7 | - | 13 | 13.0 kHz | [74] |
Lettuce | DBD | Chlorpyrifos and malathion | 51.4%; 53.1% | 120 | 35 | - | 80 | 50.0 Hz | [78] |