Cold plasma to manage postharvest fungal pathogens of strawberries

This is an article is about Cold plasma to manage postharvest fungal pathogens of strawberries. Strawberries are very susceptible to microbial damage. Nearly half of all strawberries produced are lost between harvesting and consumption, with 30% of these losses attributed to fungal pathogens (Petrasch et al., 2019). In Australia, four fungi, Botrytis cinerea (grey mould), Phytophthora cactorum (leather rot), Podosphaera macularis (powdery mildew) and Rhizopus stolonifer (Rhizopus rot or ‘leak’) have been reported as postharvest pathogens of strawberries (Ullio, 2009; Anonymous, 2018). Among these, B. cinerea is associated with severe damage, and control of this pathogen is extremely difficult.