Table 1.

Control of bacterial pathogens by atmospheric-pressure non-thermal plasma.

Treated object	Target bacteria	Plasma types	Reference
Suspension culture	Erwinia carotovora	Gliding arc discharge	Moreau et al., 2007
Post-harvest grape and banana	Bacteria	High-field plasma	Liu et al., 2011
Post-harvest almonds	Salmonella anatum Salmonella enteria serovar Stanley Salmonella enteritidis Escherichia coli	Atmospheric-pressure plasma jet	Niemira, 2012
Post-harvest corn salad leaves	E. coli K12	Atmospheric-pressure plasma jet	Baier et al., 2013
Post-harvest lettuce, tomato, carrot	E. coli	Argon atmospheric-pressure cold plasma	Bermudez-Aguirre et al., 2013
Tomato seeds	Ralstonia solanacearum	Helium plasma	Jiang et al., 2014
Post-harvest strawberry (in package)	Mesophilic bacteria	Atmospheric cold plasma	Misra et al., 2014
Suspension culture	Erwinia amylovora	Gliding arc discharge plasma	Mráz et al., 2014
Post-harvest cherry, tomato, and strawberry	E. coli Salmonella Listeria monocytogenes	Dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) atmospheric cold plasma	Ziuzina et al., 2014
Post-harvest whole black peppers	Bacillus subtilis Bacillus atrophaeus Salmonella enterica	Radio frequency plasma jet Microwave-generated plasma	Hertwig et al., 2015
Post-harvest cabbage, lettuce, and figs	Salmonella typhimurium L. monocytogenes	Microwave-powered cold plasma	Lee et al., 2015
Onion, radish, cress, and alfalfa seeds	E. coli	Atmospheric-pressure volumetric DBD plasma	Butscher et al., 2016a
Wheat seeds	Geobacillus stearothermophilus	Atmospheric-pressure DBD plasma	Butscher et al., 2016b
Post-harvest romaine lettuce	E. coli O157:H7 Salmonella L. monocytogenes	DBD atmospheric cold plasma	Min et al., 2016
Cruciferous seeds	Xanthomonas campestris	Low-pressure plasma	Nishioka et al., 2016
Post-harvest radicchio leaf	E. coli O157:H7 L. monocytogenes	DBD atmospheric cold plasma	Pasquali et al., 2016
Hydroponic solution	R. solanacearum	Discharge plasma reactor	Okumura et al., 2016
Post-harvested grape tomato, spinach, and cantaloupe	E. coli O157:H7 S. typhimurium Listeria innocua	Cold plasma-activated hydrogen peroxide aerosol	Jiang et al., 2017
Broccoli seeds	Bacillus cereus E. coli Salmonella spp. Staphylococcus aureus L. monocytogenes	Corona discharge plasma jet	Kim et al., 2017
Rice seeds	Burkholderia plantarii	Atmospheric-pressure plasma jet	Ochi et al., 2017
Suspension culture	X. campestris pv. campestris	Roller conveyer atmospheric-pressure plasma	Toyokawa et al., 2017
Post-harvest almonds	E. coli Salmonella spp. Shigella	Gliding arc non-thermal plasma	Fatemeh et al., 2018
Post-harvest perilla leaves	E. coli S. aureus	Cylinder-type DBD plasma with underwater bubbler	Ji et al., 2018
Post-harvest black peppers	B. subtilis E. coli S. enteritidis	Diffuse coplanar surface barrier discharge plasma	Mošovská et al., 2018
Suspension culture	Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus Dickeya solani X. campestris pv. campestris Pectobacterium atrosepticum Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum	Glow discharge plasma	Motyka et al., 2018
Post-harvest kumquat fruits	S. aureus Salmonella spp. B. cereus	Intermittent corona discharge plasma jet	Puligundla et al., 2018b
Post-harvest lettuce and sprout	E. coli K12 Pseudomonas fluorescens Pseudomonas marginalis P. carotovorum L. innocua	Microwave plasma processed air	Schnabel et al., 2018
Lentil seeds	E. coli L. monocytogenes S. enterica S. aureus G. stearothermophilus	Diffuse coplanar surface barrier discharge plasma	Waskow et al., 2018
Post-harvest mung bean sprout	Aerobic bacteria	Plasma-activated water	Xiang et al., 2019