Decontaminant activity of volume dielectric barrier discharge against Fusarium spp. on barley seeds.

ABSTRACT: Barley is one of the basic inputs for the European malting and brewing industry. Fusarium diseases can cause significant losses in grain yield and affect crop and beer quality, leading also to contamination by mycotoxins. The aim of the work was to evaluate efficacy of volume dielectric barrier discharge under different treatment conditions and exposure times and to get benchmarks for decontamination using direct plasma treatment of seeds while preserving seed germinability. Efficacy of low-temperature plasmas impacting on surface of barley seed through short-living (nanosecond) micro-discharges was investigated for seeds artificially inoculated with Fusarium verticillioides, F. culmorum and F. graminearum. Inoculated seeds were exposed to plasma produced in a barrier discharge in syntheti

SUBMITTER: Rotondo PR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12317117 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature