Ultrasonication-enhanced seed germination and microbial safety of sprouts produced from selected crop species
Seed sprouts are susceptible to microbial contamination; therefore, use of an effective sanitization treatment on these products is of great importance. This study investigated the effects of ultrasonication, heating and chemical washing on sanitization of nine crop seeds and the microbial safety o...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Julius Kühn-Institut
2015-05-01
|
| Series: | Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://ojs.openagrar.de/index.php/JABFQ/article/view/3177 |
| _version_ | 1818433114452525056 |
|---|---|
| author | Kai Ying Chiu |
| author_facet | Kai Ying Chiu |
| author_sort | Kai Ying Chiu |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Seed sprouts are susceptible to microbial contamination; therefore, use of an effective sanitization treatment on these products is of great importance. This study investigated the effects of ultrasonication, heating and chemical washing on sanitization of nine crop seeds and the microbial safety of sprouts produced from decontaminated seeds. The result showed that most of seed sanitization treatments increased germination (except dry heating), decreased microbial loads on treated seeds and subsequently produced sprouts, and increased sprouts yield. However, only ultrasonication seed treatment reduced both the total aerobic counts and total coliforms counts to < 3 log 10 CFU g-1 level on produced alfalfa, mung bean pea and radish sprouts. The sprouts produced from ultrasonication-treated alfalfa, mung bean pea and radish seeds also out yielded their respective non-treated sprounts by 88, 25, 73 and 56%. Therefore, ultrasonication can be used as a seed sanitization treatment for producing alfalfa, mung bean, pea and radish sprouts. |
| first_indexed | 2024-12-14T16:15:57Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-5763b561840841e6a69c1cf38a9bd776 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1613-9216 1439-040X |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-12-14T16:15:57Z |
| publishDate | 2015-05-01 |
| publisher | Julius Kühn-Institut |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality |
| spelling | doaj.art-5763b561840841e6a69c1cf38a9bd7762022-12-21T22:54:54ZengJulius Kühn-InstitutJournal of Applied Botany and Food Quality1613-92161439-040X2015-05-0188110.5073/JABFQ.2015.088.0173177Ultrasonication-enhanced seed germination and microbial safety of sprouts produced from selected crop speciesKai Ying ChiuSeed sprouts are susceptible to microbial contamination; therefore, use of an effective sanitization treatment on these products is of great importance. This study investigated the effects of ultrasonication, heating and chemical washing on sanitization of nine crop seeds and the microbial safety of sprouts produced from decontaminated seeds. The result showed that most of seed sanitization treatments increased germination (except dry heating), decreased microbial loads on treated seeds and subsequently produced sprouts, and increased sprouts yield. However, only ultrasonication seed treatment reduced both the total aerobic counts and total coliforms counts to < 3 log 10 CFU g-1 level on produced alfalfa, mung bean pea and radish sprouts. The sprouts produced from ultrasonication-treated alfalfa, mung bean pea and radish seeds also out yielded their respective non-treated sprounts by 88, 25, 73 and 56%. Therefore, ultrasonication can be used as a seed sanitization treatment for producing alfalfa, mung bean, pea and radish sprouts.https://ojs.openagrar.de/index.php/JABFQ/article/view/3177microbial loaddecontaminationgerminationseedsproutultrasonication |
| spellingShingle | Kai Ying Chiu Ultrasonication-enhanced seed germination and microbial safety of sprouts produced from selected crop species Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality microbial load decontamination germination seed sprout ultrasonication |
| title | Ultrasonication-enhanced seed germination and microbial safety of sprouts produced from selected crop species |
| title_full | Ultrasonication-enhanced seed germination and microbial safety of sprouts produced from selected crop species |
| title_fullStr | Ultrasonication-enhanced seed germination and microbial safety of sprouts produced from selected crop species |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ultrasonication-enhanced seed germination and microbial safety of sprouts produced from selected crop species |
| title_short | Ultrasonication-enhanced seed germination and microbial safety of sprouts produced from selected crop species |
| title_sort | ultrasonication enhanced seed germination and microbial safety of sprouts produced from selected crop species |
| topic | microbial load decontamination germination seed sprout ultrasonication |
| url | https://ojs.openagrar.de/index.php/JABFQ/article/view/3177 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT kaiyingchiu ultrasonicationenhancedseedgerminationandmicrobialsafetyofsproutsproducedfromselectedcropspecies |