Shelf Life Extension of Cavendish Banana Fruit Using Cold Plasma Treatment

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dc.contributor.author Sandanuwan, Thisara
dc.contributor.author Attygalle, Dinesh
dc.contributor.author Amarasinghe, S.
dc.contributor.author Weragoda, Sampath C.
dc.contributor.author Ranaweera, Bandula
dc.contributor.author Rathnayake, Kamani
dc.contributor.author Alankara, Wageesha
dc.date.accessioned 2021-04-22T05:15:15Z
dc.date.available 2021-04-22T05:15:15Z
dc.date.issued 2020
dc.identifier.citation Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon) 2020 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.wyb.ac.lk/handle/1/3124
dc.description.abstract Access to bio-safe food being a worldwide concern in recent years, a significant interest has emerged towards research on organic farming and innovative food processing technologies. Cold plasma technology-based treatments are gaining popularity as it can disinfect surfaces while being a biosafe eco-friendly process. The interaction of ions, electrons, free radicals, and excited-state atomic and molecular species with surfaces makes them free from organic contaminants. Recent studies have shown that the high energy species in plasma can efficiently disable microbial pathogens such as bacteria, fungi, and viruses. This study investigates the deactivation of Colletotrichum musae, Fusarium semitectum, and Colletotrichum gloeosporioides fungi that causes crown rot on Cavendish banana using a locally fabricated cold plasma treatment machine. Colletotrichum musae, Fusarium semitectum, and Colletotrichum gloeosporioides have been identified as the main cause for crown rot disease in Sri Lanka, which has recorded losses over 85% for untreated bananas. The results show that the percentage disease index (PDI) for cold plasma treated samples were significantly lower than the controlled, and the fungicide treated samples while not adversely affecting the physicochemical and sensory properties of the banana fruit. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.subject atmospheric cold plasma en_US
dc.subject microbial decontamination en_US
dc.subject fruit quality en_US
dc.subject cavendish banana en_US
dc.title Shelf Life Extension of Cavendish Banana Fruit Using Cold Plasma Treatment en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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