Abstract
Summary This study investigated the effects of ultrasonication, heating and chemical washing on decontamination of seeds of three pea ( P isum sativum ) varieties and the microbial safety of their sprouts. Most of the decontamination treatments increased germination, decreased microbial load and enhanced sprout growth. Ultrasonication and NaOCl treatments reduced total aerobic counts on sprouts by 5.86 and 5.51 log units (averages of three varieties), respectively; while other chemical treatments (350 mL L −1 ethanol, 350 mL L −1 vinegar and 10 g L −1 NaCl solutions) failed to reduce total aerobic counts sufficiently enough to secure microbial safety. The ultrasonication not only improved germination (increased from an average of 83 to 97%), but also reduced the total aerobic counts to 2.21 log 10 CFU g −1 on seed sprouts. Ultrasonication also increased the sprouts yield to 301.83 g per 10 g seeds. Therefore, ultrasonication can be used as a microbial control treatment for pea sprout production.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Most decontamination treatments increased germination, reduced microbial load and enhanced sprout growth.
- Taxon
- pea
Lathyrus oleraceust0 - Treatment
- decontamination treatmentse0
- Outcome
- germination, decreased microbial load and enhanced sprout growthe0
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e0“Most of the decontamination treatments increased germination, decreased microbial load and enhanced sprout growth”
t0“pea seed germination”
Claim · model-written summary
Ultrasonication reduced aerobic counts on pea sprouts by 5.86 log units.
- Taxon
- peaLathyrus oleraceust0
- Treatment
- Ultrasonicatione0
- Outcome
- total aerobic counts on sproutse0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- 5.86e0
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e0“Ultrasonication and NaOCl treatments reduced total aerobic counts on sprouts by 5.86 and 5.51 log units”
t0“pea seed germination”
Claim · model-written summary
NaOCl treatment reduced aerobic counts on pea sprouts by 5.51 log units.
- Taxon
- peaLathyrus oleraceust0
- Treatment
- NaOCl treatmentse0
- Outcome
- total aerobic counts on sproutse0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- 5.51 log unitse0
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e0“Ultrasonication and NaOCl treatments reduced total aerobic counts on sprouts by 5.86 and 5.51 log units”
t0“pea seed germination”
Claim · model-written summary
Ethanol, vinegar and NaCl treatments failed to reduce aerobic counts enough for microbial safety.
- Taxon
- peaLathyrus oleraceust0
- Treatment
- other chemical treatmentse0
- Outcome
- total aerobic countse0
- Direction
- failed to reducee0
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Verbatim
e0“other chemical treatments (350 mL L −1 ethanol, 350 mL L −1 vinegar and 10 g L −1 NaCl solutions) failed to reduce total aerobic counts sufficiently enough to secure microbial safety”
t0“pea seed germination”
Claim · model-written summary
Ultrasonication raised average pea germination from 83% to 97%.
- Taxon
- peaLathyrus oleraceust0
- Treatment
- ultrasonicatione0
- Outcome
- germinatione0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 83 to 97%e0
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e0“ultrasonication not only improved germination (increased from an average of 83 to 97%)”
t0“pea seed germination”
Claim · model-written summary
Ultrasonication reduced aerobic counts on sprouts to 2.21 log10 CFU per gram.
- Taxon
- peaLathyrus oleraceust0
- Treatment
- ultrasonicatione0
- Outcome
- total aerobic countse0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- 2.21 log 10 CFU g −1e0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The ultrasonication not only improved germination (increased from an average of 83 to 97%), but also reduced the total aerobic counts to 2.21 log 10 CFU g −1 on seed sprouts”
t0“pea seed germination”
Claim · model-written summary
Ultrasonication increased sprout yield to 301.83 g per 10 g seeds.
- Taxon
- peaLathyrus oleraceust0
- Treatment
- Ultrasonicatione0
- Outcome
- sprouts yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 301.83 g per 10 g seedse0
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Verbatim
e0“Ultrasonication also increased the sprouts yield to 301.83 g per 10 g seeds”
t0“pea seed germination”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend ultrasonication for microbial control in pea sprout production.
- Taxon
- peaLathyrus oleraceuse0
- Outcome
- microbial control treatment for pea sprout productione0
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Verbatim
e0“ultrasonication can be used as a microbial control treatment for pea sprout production”
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