Fig. 5

Viable cell number of P. venetum spotted onto the pericarp of citrus fruits following APDBD treatment. The viable cell number is expressed as CFU per ml. CFU/ml of P. venetum present on the contaminated pericarps of a ‘Kiyomi’ (C. unshiu × C. sinensis) and b ‘Kawano-natsudaidai’ (C. natsudaidai) at each individual APDBD treatment time (0, 1, or 2 min) are shown. Differences where p < 0.05(*) and p < 0.01(**) versus control (0 min) were considered significant when verified by the non-repeated measured ANOVA followed by the Bonferroni correction