Evaluating UV-C Sensitivity of Calonectria pseudonaviculata in Model Buffer Solution Using a UV-C Light-Emitting-Diode System

Calonectria pseudonaviculata, responsible for boxwood blight, produces sticky conidia that pose a contamination risk in boxwood production via cross-contamination from tools, equipment, and other resources. This study evaluated UV-C light-emitting-diode (LED) irradiation (263 to 287 nm) as a disinfe...

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Veröffentlicht in:Plant disease. - 1997. - 108(2024), 9 vom: 01. Sept., Seite 2663-2667
1. Verfasser: Ghimire, Bhawana (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Pendyala, Brahmaiah, Patras, Ankit, Baysal-Gurel, Fulya
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2024
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Plant disease
Schlagworte:Journal Article D(10) values boxwood blight dose kinetics modeling
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Zusammenfassung:Calonectria pseudonaviculata, responsible for boxwood blight, produces sticky conidia that pose a contamination risk in boxwood production via cross-contamination from tools, equipment, and other resources. This study evaluated UV-C light-emitting-diode (LED) irradiation (263 to 287 nm) as a disinfection method by examining its effectiveness in inactivating conidia and determining the UV-C sensitivity. Conidial suspensions were exposed to quantifiable UV-C doses under a dynamic stirring condition. Average volumetric intensity was quantified by accounting for UV gradients and UV dose was calculated as a product of average fluence rate (mW⋅cm-2) and exposure time (s). UV-C irradiation effectively inactivated the tested pathogen following log-linear + shoulder kinetics as identified by parameters of goodness of model fit (i.e., high R2 and low root mean square error [RMSE] values). The model predicted the UV sensitivity of C. pseudonaviculata conidia as 46.6 mJ⋅cm-2 per log. A total of 2.04 log reductions of the population could be obtained by an exposure of 60 mJ⋅cm-2 of UV-C dose. The calculated decimal reduction dose (D10) was 13.53 ± 0.98 mJ⋅cm-2 (R2 = 0.97, RMSE = 0.14), inactivation rate constant (Kmax) = 0.17 ± 0.01, and shoulder length = 33.06 ± 1.81 mJ⋅cm-2. These findings indicate that UV-C irradiation could be a viable option for disinfecting tools, equipment, and possibly propagation cuttings in nurseries
Beschreibung:Date Completed 24.09.2024
Date Revised 24.09.2024
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:0191-2917
DOI:10.1094/PDIS-03-24-0618-SC