Abstract
In order to solve the problems of tuber infection and nutrient loss caused by potato germination during storage, this paper conducted a systematic study using low-temperature plasma jet technology to inhibit potato germination and determine its optimal treatment conditions. This study focused on optimizing the plasma treatment parameters, including voltage, gas flow rate, and treatment time, to effectively control potato germination, reduce weight loss during storage, and determine the quality indexes such as hardness, crispness, and antioxidant enzyme activity of potatoes in storage. The study showed that the optimal conditions for plasma treatment of potatoes were voltage 18.05 kV, treatment time 20.21 s, and gas flow rate 12.79 L/min. Under these conditions, the germination rate of potatoes was significantly reduced to 31.42%, and the weight loss rate was reduced to 2.15%. For the convenience of operation, the parameters of the validation experiment were determined as a treatment voltage of 18 kV, treatment time of 20 s, and gas flow rate of 13 L/min. The resultant potato germination rate was 31.26%, and the weight loss rate was 2.29%. Compared with the blank control group, the plasma-treated group significantly increased the activities of potato antioxidant enzymes (CAT, SOD, etc.). After 16 days of storage, SOD (superoxide dismutase) activity and CAT (catalase) activity of the plasma-treated group increased by 52.63% and 29.27%, respectively, compared with the control; POD (peroxidase) and PPO (polyphenol oxidase) activities of the treated group increased by 8.69% and 18.58%, respectively, compared with the control. Compared with the blank control, the plasma treatment group increased the hardness and brittleness of potatoes. Specifically, the hardness of the treated group increased by 6.06% compared with the control, and the brittleness of the treated group decreased by only 24% within 16 days, compared with a 37.19% decrease in the control. In addition, plasma treatment also reduced the accumulation of reduced sugar and dry matter consumption, thus maintaining the storage quality of potatoes, in which reducing sugar in the treated group was reduced by 32.56% compared with the control group, and dry matter in the treated group was increased by 7.66% compared with the control group. Therefore, the reasonable use of plasma treatment can effectively inhibit and slow down the sprouting process of potatoes, which lays a foundation for revealing the mechanism of plasma technology in inhibiting potato sprouting and improving its quality.
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Claims 14
Claim · model-written summary
The optimal plasma treatment for potatoes was 18.05 kV, with treatment time 20.21 s and gas flow rate 12.79 L/min.
- Taxon
- potato
Solanum tuberosume1 - Outcome
- optimal conditions for plasma treatment of potatoese2
- Value
- 18.05 kVe2
- Qualifier
- treatment time 20.21 s, and gas flow rate 12.79 L/mine2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“to inhibit potato germination and determine its optimal treatment conditions”
e2“The study showed that the optimal conditions for plasma treatment of potatoes were voltage 18.05 kV, treatment time 20.21 s, and gas flow rate 12.79 L/min”
Claim · model-written summary
Plasma treatment at the optimal conditions reduced potato germination rate to 31.42%.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosume1
- Treatment
- plasma treatmente2
- Outcome
- germination rate of potatoese3
- Direction
- reducede3
- Value
- 31.42%e3
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e1“to inhibit potato germination and determine its optimal treatment conditions”
e2“The study showed that the optimal conditions for plasma treatment of potatoes were voltage 18.05 kV, treatment time 20.21 s, and gas flow rate 12.79 L/min”
e3“Under these conditions, the germination rate of potatoes was significantly reduced to 31.42%, and the weight loss rate was reduced to 2.15%”
Claim · model-written summary
Plasma treatment at the optimal conditions reduced potato weight loss rate to 2.15%.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosume1
- Treatment
- plasma treatmente2
- Outcome
- weight loss ratee3
- Direction
- reducede3
- Value
- 2.15%e3
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“to inhibit potato germination and determine its optimal treatment conditions”
e2“The study showed that the optimal conditions for plasma treatment of potatoes were voltage 18.05 kV, treatment time 20.21 s, and gas flow rate 12.79 L/min”
e3“Under these conditions, the germination rate of potatoes was significantly reduced to 31.42%, and the weight loss rate was reduced to 2.15%”
Claim · model-written summary
The validation settings gave a potato germination rate of 31.26%.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosume1
- Outcome
- potato germination ratee4
- Value
- 31.26%e4
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Verbatim
e1“to inhibit potato germination and determine its optimal treatment conditions”
e4“The resultant potato germination rate was 31.26%, and the weight loss rate was 2.29%”
Claim · model-written summary
The validation settings gave a potato weight loss rate of 2.29%.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosume1
- Outcome
- weight loss ratee4
- Value
- 2.29%e4
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Verbatim
e1“to inhibit potato germination and determine its optimal treatment conditions”
e4“The resultant potato germination rate was 31.26%, and the weight loss rate was 2.29%”
Claim · model-written summary
Plasma treatment increased SOD activity by 52.63% in stored potatoes after 16 days, compared with control.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosume1
- Treatment
- plasma-treated groupe6
- Outcome
- SOD (superoxide dismutase) activitye6
- Direction
- increasede6
- Value
- 52.63%e6
- Qualifier
- After 16 days of storagee6
- Comparator
- controle6
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Verbatim
e1“to inhibit potato germination and determine its optimal treatment conditions”
e5“Compared with the blank control group, the plasma-treated group significantly increased the activities of potato antioxidant enzymes (CAT, SOD, etc.)”
e6“After 16 days of storage, SOD (superoxide dismutase) activity and CAT (catalase) activity of the plasma-treated group increased by 52.63% and 29.27%, respectively, compared with the control”
Claim · model-written summary
Plasma treatment increased CAT activity by 29.27% in stored potatoes after 16 days, compared with control.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosume1
- Treatment
- plasma-treated groupe6
- Outcome
- CAT (catalase) activitye6
- Direction
- increasede6
- Value
- 29.27%e6
- Qualifier
- After 16 days of storagee6
- Comparator
- controle6
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Verbatim
e1“to inhibit potato germination and determine its optimal treatment conditions”
e5“Compared with the blank control group, the plasma-treated group significantly increased the activities of potato antioxidant enzymes (CAT, SOD, etc.)”
e6“After 16 days of storage, SOD (superoxide dismutase) activity and CAT (catalase) activity of the plasma-treated group increased by 52.63% and 29.27%, respectively, compared with the control”
Claim · model-written summary
Plasma treatment increased POD activity by 8.69% in stored potatoes, compared with control.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosume1
- Treatment
- treated groupe7
- Outcome
- POD (peroxidase)e7
- Direction
- increasede7
- Value
- 8.69%e7
- Comparator
- controle7
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Verbatim
e1“to inhibit potato germination and determine its optimal treatment conditions”
e7“POD (peroxidase) and PPO (polyphenol oxidase) activities of the treated group increased by 8.69% and 18.58%, respectively, compared with the control”
Claim · model-written summary
Plasma treatment increased PPO activity by 18.58% in stored potatoes, compared with control.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosume1
- Treatment
- treated groupe7
- Outcome
- PPO (polyphenol oxidase)e7
- Direction
- increasede7
- Value
- 18.58%e7
- Comparator
- controle7
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Verbatim
e1“to inhibit potato germination and determine its optimal treatment conditions”
e7“POD (peroxidase) and PPO (polyphenol oxidase) activities of the treated group increased by 8.69% and 18.58%, respectively, compared with the control”
Claim · model-written summary
Plasma treatment increased potato hardness by 6.06% compared with control.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosume1
- Treatment
- treated groupe2
- Outcome
- hardnesse2
- Direction
- increasede2
- Value
- 6.06%e2
- Comparator
- controle2
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Verbatim
e1“to inhibit potato germination and determine its optimal treatment conditions”
e2“Specifically, the hardness of the treated group increased by 6.06% compared with the control”
Claim · model-written summary
Plasma-treated potato brittleness decreased by 24% over 16 days, compared with a 37.19% decrease in control.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosume1
- Treatment
- treated groupe3
- Outcome
- brittlenesse3
- Direction
- decreasede3
- Value
- 24%e3
- Qualifier
- compared with a 37.19% decrease in the controle3
- Comparator
- controle3
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Verbatim
e1“to inhibit potato germination and determine its optimal treatment conditions”
e3“the brittleness of the treated group decreased by only 24% within 16 days, compared with a 37.19% decrease in the control”
Claim · model-written summary
Plasma treatment reduced reducing sugar by 32.56% in stored potatoes, compared with control.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosume1
- Treatment
- treated groupe4
- Outcome
- reducing sugare4
- Direction
- reducede4
- Value
- 32.56%e4
- Comparator
- control groupe4
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Verbatim
e1“to inhibit potato germination and determine its optimal treatment conditions”
e4“reducing sugar in the treated group was reduced by 32.56% compared with the control group”
Claim · model-written summary
Plasma treatment increased dry matter by 7.66% in stored potatoes, compared with control.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosume1
- Treatment
- treated groupe5
- Outcome
- dry mattere5
- Direction
- increasede5
- Value
- 7.66%e5
- Comparator
- control groupe5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“to inhibit potato germination and determine its optimal treatment conditions”
e5“dry matter in the treated group was increased by 7.66% compared with the control group”
Claim · model-written summary
Reasonable use of plasma treatment can effectively inhibit and slow potato sprouting.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosume1
- Treatment
- plasma treatmente6
- Outcome
- sprouting process of potatoese6
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Verbatim
e1“to inhibit potato germination and determine its optimal treatment conditions”
e6“the reasonable use of plasma treatment can effectively inhibit and slow down the sprouting process of potatoes”
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