Plasma applied to orange postharvest

Nitrogen oxide-generating dielectric barrier discharge plasma is shown to effectively inhibit microorganisms and maintain fruit freshness. Physical and biological mechanisms of the plasma-electrified fungicidal effects suggest that plasma-generated NO and ONOO? species and other factors are crucial to regulating physiological senescence in citrus fruit while controlling pathogens on their surface. The revealed Physico-chemical effects explain the observed phenotypic changes and the suppression of surface pathogens, thus providing mechanistic insights into postharvest fruit processing with plasmas. SourcePlasma-electrified postharvest preservation of Citrus sinensis: Process technology and freshness-keeping and anticorrosion effectsKun Liu, Congfu Ran, Wenqing Geng, Leng Han, Kostya K. OstrikovPlasma processes and polymers, First published 22 December 2022 https://doi.org/10.1002/ppap.202200134https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/16128869/0/0