Fungal phytopathogens pose a global-scale challenge to plant-based products. The disseases they cause on both, the host organism and its consumers, have a direct impact the quality of the product itself, as well as human health and safety. Consequently, the use of potent antimycotics to prevent their spread is common practice. However, the use of such substances is often associated with undesirable side effects. low-pressure cold gas plasma (LPCP) decontamination offers a more environmentally friendly and overall safer alternative to chemical disinfectants. In this work, we observed the effect of LPCP wattage, exposure type and duration on the fungi Aspegillus flavus and Fusarium fujikuroi. The latter was found to be marginally more resilient and was slightly less affected by all forms of exposure, which we suspected may be due to to be potentially caused by differences in spore morphology. Both fungi were more efficiently removed by longer and more direct exposures, while plasma power had no conclusive effects, as direct cultivation yielded observable results while indirect cultivation (CFU) did not. Additionally, the parameters that more efficiently removed fungal spores also negatively affected the ability of the treated plant to germinate, leading us to conclude that the treatment method is not suitable for seeds intended for sowing.
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