Pre-heated blades for harvesting baby-leaves reduce the risk of Escherichia coli internalization in leaves.
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DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.12335
Abstract: BACKGROUND Pathogenic enterobacteria can travel through the plant vascular bundles, by penetrating from cuts and persist into ready-to-eat leafy greens. As the cutting site is the main point of entrance and uptake, we tested how… read more here.
Keywords: baby leaves; bacterial uptake; scissor; pre heated ... See more keywords