Table 2 In vitro inhibition (%) of germination of conidia of Fusarium species caused by VDBD plasma in dry air (D = 0.4) at different treatment times on WA disks.

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

Species

Exposure time (s)

1

2

5

10

20

30

40

60

F. verticillioides

0.3 (± 0.3) d

0.3 (± 0.3) d

4.7 (± 3.3) d

28.3 (± 6.0) c

99.3 (± 0.6) a

100 (± 0.0) a

100 (± 0.0) a

100 (± 0.0) a

F. culmorum

1.3 (± 1.3) d

4.3 (± 3.0) d

8.7 (± 6.3) cd

53.3 (± 15.6) b

88.7 (± 4.1) a

97.7 (± 1.2) a

100 (± 0.0) a

100 (± 0.0) a

F. graminearum

0.3 (± 1.0) d

0.7 (± 0.3) d

2.3 (± 1.7) d

62.7 (± 4.1) b

90.3 (± 1.2) a

99.3 (± 0.7) a

100 (± 0.0) a

99.7 (± 0.3) a

  1. For each fungal species, mean values of three replicates ± standard error are shown. Values followed by a same letter are not statistically different at the probability level p = 0.05 according to the tukey’s HSD test.
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