Table 1 Effect of cold atmospheric plasma on seedborne fungi associated with Moringa oleifera (colony/10 g dry seeds).

From: Characterization and evaluation of cold atmospheric plasma as seedborne fungal disinfectant and promoting mediator for physico-chemical characteristics of Moringa oleifera seedlings

Fungal species

Untreated seeds

Treatment

Dry seeds (control)

Water-soaked seeds

1% H2O2 soaked seeds

Seeds treated with 2.46 mJ

Seeds treated with 4.35 mJ

Seeds treated with 10.94 mJ

A*

B*

A

B

A

B

Asperigillis flavus

6

4

3

2

1

0

0

0

0

A. candidus

1

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

A. terreus

2

2

2

1

1

0

0

0

0

Asperigillis niger

6

5

4

2

2

1

1

0

0

Alternaria humicola

3

3

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

Chaetomium globosum

1

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Fusarium oxysporum

3

3

2

2

2

0

0

0

0

F. solani

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Rhizopus oryza

4

3

4

1

0

0

0

0

0

R. nigricans

2

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Cladosporum herbarum

5

4

4

1

1

0

0

0

0

Macrophomina phaseolina

2

2

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

Penicillium chrysogeum

5

5

4

2

1

1

0

0

0

Total count

41

37

31

11

8

2

1

0

0

  1. *A = Seeds soaked in water, B = seeds soaked in 1% H2O2.
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