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Combined aqueous ozone and ultrasound application inhibits microbial spoilage, reduces pesticide residues and maintains storage quality of strawberry fruits

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Inappropriate use of pesticides and unhygienic supply chains contaminate fresh fruit and vegetables with health-hazardous micro-organisms and chemical residues. Here, combined efficacy of aqueous ozone and ultrasound to disinfect and decontaminate strawberry fruits from food-borne microbial pathogen and pesticide residues was evaluated. Strawberry fruits were exposed to either ozone (flow rate ≥ 3.3 mg min−1 for 125 g strawberry L−1 water) or ultrasound (40 kHz at 100 W) for 3, 6 and 9 min. Treatment of strawberry fruits with either ozone or ultrasound for 3 min effectively reduced bacterial survival by 44-fold and 17-fold, respectively, compared to control. Then, strawberry fruits were simultaneously treated with both ozone and ultrasound for 1, 2 or 3 min and stored at 2 ± 0.5 °C and 95% relative humidity for 12 days. Ozone and ultrasound treatment for 3 min was most effective in reducing bacterial survival (98%) and residues of various pesticides (98–99%) compared to control. Strawberry fruits treated with ozone and ultrasound for 3 min exhibited delay in fungal decay by 4 days and 4% reduction in weight loss during cold storage for 12 days. Also, gradual decline in total soluble solids, titratable acidity, pH, ascorbic acid and anthocyanins in cold-stored strawberry fruits was also hindered. Ozone and ultrasound treatment for 3 min also restrained 62% higher catalase, 52% higher peroxidase, and 70% higher superoxide dismutase in strawberry tissues compared to control after 12 days in cold storage. Thus, combined treatment of ozone and ultrasound for 3 min increased marketable life of strawberry fruits for 6 more days under cold storage conditions. Overall, results revealed a positive effect of ozone and ultrasound on disinfecting and decontaminating strawberry fruits along with extending their marketable life under cold storage conditions.

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Research study was funded by U.S.-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security and Punjab Agricultural Research Board (Project No. PARB-957) to R. Anwar and by Higher Education Commission’s Technology Development Fund Program (Project No. TDF-017) to A.U. Malik.

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    Ayesha Maryam, Raheel Anwar, Aman Ullah Malik, Ahmad Sattar Khan, Mahmood Ul Hasan & Zarghona Siddique

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AM: conceptualization, methodology, data acquisition, statistical analysis, writing—original draft, final approval of the manuscript; RA: conceptualization, funding acquisition, supervision, writing—reviewing and editing, final approval of the manuscript; AUM: designing of the study, interpretation of data, writing—reviewing and editing, final approval of the manuscript; MIUR: interpretation of data, writing—reviewing and editing, final approval of the manuscript; ASK: interpretation of data, writing—reviewing and editing, final approval of the manuscript; MUH: writing—reviewing and editing, final approval of the manuscript; ZH: Writing—reviewing and editing, final approval of the manuscript; ZS: writing—reviewing and editing, final approval of the manuscript.

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Maryam, A., Anwar, R., Malik, A.U. et al. Combined aqueous ozone and ultrasound application inhibits microbial spoilage, reduces pesticide residues and maintains storage quality of strawberry fruits. Food Measure 15, 1437–1451 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11694-020-00735-3

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