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. 2020 Feb 14;11:77. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00077

Table 2.

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

Treated object Target fungi Plasma types Reference
Fungal spore suspension Aspergillus niger
Penicillium citrinum
Microwave-induced argon plasma Park et al., 2003
Fungal spore suspension A. niger
Cladosporium cladosporioides
P. citrinum
Chaetomium sp.
Microwave-induced argon plasma Park et al., 2004
Fungal spore suspension A. niger
P. citrinum
Hydrogen releasing atmospheric-pressure plasma Nojima et al., 2007
Post-harvest nuts Aspergillus parasiticus Low-pressure cold plasma Basaran et al., 2008
Grains and legume seeds Aspergillus spp.
Penicillium spp.
Low-pressure plasma Selcuk et al., 2008
Fungal spore suspension Ascochyta pinodella
Fusarium culmorum
Atmospheric-pressure dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma Avramidis et al., 2010
Fungal spore suspension Penicillium digitatum High-density non-equilibrium atmospheric-pressure plasma Iseki et al., 2011
Post-harvest grape and banana Fungi High-field plasma Liu et al., 2011
Fungal spore suspension Fusarium graminearum
Fusarium oxysporum
Microwave plasma jet Na et al., 2013
Post-harvest rice and lemon Aspergillus oryzae
P. digitatum
Atmospheric-pressure plasma Hayashi et al., 2014
Rice seeds Fusarium fujikuroi Atmospheric-pressure non-thermal DBD plasma Jo et al., 2014
Fungal spores and tomato seeds Cladosporium fulvum Atmospheric-pressure plasma jet Lu et al., 2014
Cicer arietinum seeds Infected microbes Surface micro-discharge plasma FlatPlaSter 2.0 Mitra et al., 2014
Brassicaceous seeds Rhizoctonia solani Atmospheric- and low-pressure plasma Nishioka et al., 2014
Plant leaves Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Atmospheric-pressure plasma jet Zhang et al., 2014
Fungal spore suspension F. oxysporum Micro DBD plasma Panngom et al., 2014
Barley and corn seeds Infected fungi Glow discharge plasma Braşoveanu et al., 2015
Fungal spore suspension P. digitatum Flux-defined atmospheric-pressure oxygen radical source Hashizume et al., 2015
Rice seeds F. fujikuroi Arc discharge plasma Kang et al., 2015
Wheat seeds Alternaria alternata
Alternaria botrytis
Alternaria brasiliensis
F. culmorum
Furasium oxysporum
Gibberella avenacea
Gibberella intricans
Gibberella zaea
Penicillium spp.
Rhizopus stolonifera
Trichoderma spp.
Non–spore-forming fungi
Low-temperature plasma Kordas et al., 2015
Post-harvest blueberries Contaminated fungi Atmospheric-pressure cold plasma Lacombe et al., 2015
Post-harvest date palm fruit A. niger Double atmospheric-pressure cold plasma Ouf et al., 2015
Post-harvest maize Aspergillus spp. Atmospheric-pressure fluidized bed plasma Dasan et al., 2016a
Post-harvest hazelnuts Aspergillus flavus
A. parasiticus
Atmospheric-pressure fluidized bed plasma Dasan et al., 2016b
Rice seeds Infected fungi Atmospheric hybrid micro corona discharge plasma Khamsen et al., 2016
Post-harvest pistachio nuts A. flavus Cold plasma streamer Sohbatzadeh et al., 2016
Post-harvest citrus P. digitatum Atmospheric-pressure DBD plasma Yagyu et al., 2016
Wheat seeds Fusarium nivale
F. culmorum
Trichothecium roseum
A. flavus
Aspergillus clavatus
Diffuse coplanar surface barrier discharge plasma Zahoranova et al., 2016
Basil seeds Infected fungi Surface DBD plasma Ambrico et al., 2017
Post-harvest hazelnuts Aspergillus spp. Atmospheric-pressure fluidized bed plasma Dasan et al., 2017
Broccoli seeds Infected molds and yeasts Corona discharge plasma jet Kim et al., 2017
Rice seeds F. fujikuroi Atmospheric-pressure plasma Ochi et al., 2017
Cucumber and pepper seeds Didymella bryoniae
Didymella licopersici
Cladosporium cucumerinum
Diffuse coplanar surface barrier discharge plasma Stepanova et al., 2017
Post-harvest mandarin fruit Penicillium italicum Atmospheric-pressure cold plasma Won et al., 2017
Barley and wheat seeds Penicillium verrucosum High-voltage DBD plasma Los et al., 2018
Soybean seeds Diaporthe/Phomopsis Atmospheric-pressure DBD plasma Pérez Pizá et al., 2018
Pak choi seeds Infected fungi Corona discharge plasma jet Puligundla et al., 2018a
Post-harvest kumquat fruits P. digitatum Intermittent corona discharge plasma jet Puligundla et al., 2018b
Lentil seeds Penicillium decumbens
A. niger
Diffuse coplanar surface barrier discharge plasma Waskow et al., 2018
Pine seeds Fusarium circinatum Diffuse coplanar surface barrier discharge plasma Sera et al., 2019
Fungal spore suspension C. gloeosporioides Atmospheric-pressure corona plasma-activated water Wu et al., 2019
Post-harvest mung bean sprout Infected fungi Plasma-activated water Xiang et al., 2019
Maize seeds A. flavus
A. alternata
F. culmorum
Diffuse coplanar surface barrier discharge plasma Zahoranova et al., 2019