Microbial Decontamination of Onion by Corona Discharge Air Plasma during Cold Storage

Table 3

Pathogenicity and characteristics of fungi isolated from decayed onions.

Strains	Pathogenicity		Characteristics in potato dextrose agar
	Injured onion	Fresh onion
Fusarium 3RC1	+++	++	White mycelium, rod-shaped conidiospore, good mycelium growth
Fusarium 3RC2	+++	+++	White mycelium, rod-shaped conidiospore, good mycelium growth
Alternaria 5RD1	+++	+	Conidiospore, medium mycelium growth
Unknown 2RC1	+++	−	Nonspore formation, poor mycelium growth
Botrytis 2RG4	++	−	Small-type conidiospore, good mycelium growth
Botrytis 3RA2	++	−	Grey mycelium, small-type conidiospore, good mycelium growth
Unknown 3RB2	++	−	Nonspore formation, medium mycelium growth
Botrytis 1RA2	+	−	Grey mycelium, small-type conidiospore, poor mycelium growth
Unknown P2RB1	+	−	Nonspore formation, poor mycelium growth
Unknown P5RF2	+	−	Nonspore formation, poor mycelium growth

+++ and ++: good mycelium growth; +: medium mycelium growth; −: poor mycelium growth.