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2020
Bolten, S., Gu, G., Luo, Y., Haute, S.V., Zhou, B., Millner, P.D., Micallef, S.A., and Nou, X. Salmonella inactivation and cross-contamination on cherry and grape tomatoes during washing in simulated commercial wash water. Food Microbiology. 87:103359. doi: 10.1016/j.fm.2019.103359. Epub 2019 Nov. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fm.2019.103359. [PDF]
de Friasa, J.A, Luo, Y., Zhou, B., Ingram, D., Zhang, B., Vorst, K., Brecht, J.K. Effect of door opening frequency and duration of an enclosed refrigerated display case on product temperatures and energy consumption. Food Control. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2019.107044. [PDF]
Gu, G., Ottesen, A., Bolten, S., Luo, Y., Rideout, S., and Nou, X. Microbiome convergence following sanitizer treatment in spinach and lettuce rinse water. Int. J. Food Microbiology. 318: 108458. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2019.108458. [PDF]
Gu, G., Gonzalez-Escalona, N., Zheng, J., Bolten, S., Luo, Y., Mafiz, A., Leon, M.C., and Nou, X. Genome Sequences of Brevundimonas naejangsanensis strain FS1091 and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain FS1092 Isolated from a Fresh-Cut Produce Processing Plant. Microbiol Resour Announc 9:e01448-19. https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.01448-19. [PDF]
Lorena, A., Brenesa, M., Brown, W., Steinmaus, S., Brecht, J.K., Xie, Y., Bornhorst, E.R., Luo, Y., Zhou, B., Shaw, A., Vorst, K. Temperature profiling of open- and closed-doored produce cases in retail grocery stores. Food Control. 113:107158. 1-6. Log # 370556. [PDF]
Min, D., Fischer, P., and Pearlstein, A. High Schmidt number “Washout” of a soluble contaminant downstream of a backward-facing step. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. Volume 159, 2020, 119740. [PDF]
Van Haute, S., Luo, Y., Bolten, S., Gu, G., Nou, X., and Millner, P.D. Survival of Salmonella enterica and shifts in microbial community as impacted by tomato wash water particulate size and chlorine treatment. Food Microbiology. 90:103470. 2020. [PDF]
Xie, Y., J.K. Brecht, C.E. Abrahan, E.R. Bornhorst, Y. Luo, A.L. Monge, K. Vorst, and W. Brown. 2021. Improving temperature management and retaining quality of fresh-cut leafy greens by retrofitting open refrigerated retail display cases with doors. J. Food Eng. 292, 110271. [Link]
Xie, Y., J.K. Brecht, C. Abrahan, Y. Luo, and E. Bornhorst. 2020. Minimizing quality deterioration of fresh-cut baby spinach by retrofitting refrigerated retail display cases with doors. IV International Conference on Fresh-Cut Produce, Taian, China. Acta Hort. (in press)
2019
Gu, G., Ottesen, A., Bolten, S., Wang, L., Luo, Y., Rideout, S., Lyu, S., Nou, X. Impact of routine sanitation on the microbiomes in a fresh produce processing facility. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 294 (2019) 31-41. [PDF]
Guan, Y., Teng, Z., Mei, L., Zhang, J., Wang, Q., Luo, Y. An entrapped metal-organic framework system for controlled release of ethylene. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 533 (2019) 207-215. [PDF]
Huang, J., Luo, Y., Zhou, B., Zheng, J., Nou, X. Growth and Survival of Salmonella enterica and Listeria monocytogenes on fresh-cut produce and their juice extracts: Impacts and interactions of food matrices and temperature abuse conditions. Food Control 100 (2019) 300-304. [PDF]
Li, J., Teng, Z., Weng, S., Zhou, B., Turner, E., Vinyard,B., Luo, Y. Dynamic changes in the physicochemical properties of fresh-cut produce wash water as impacted by commodity type and processing conditions. PLoS ONE, 2019, 14(9). [PDF]
Teng, Z., Luuo, Y., Bornhorst, E., Zhou, B., Simko, I., Trouth, F. Identification of romaine lettuce (Lactuca sativa var. longifolia) Cultivars with reduced browning discoloration for fresh-cut processing. Postharvest Biology and Technology 156 (2019) 110931. [PDF]
Teng, Z., van Haute, S., Zhou, B., Hapeman, C., Millner, P., Wang, Q., Luo, Y. Impacts and interactions of organic compounds with chlorine sanitizer in recirculated and reused produce processing water. PLoS One 2018. 13 (12). [PDF]
Van Haute, S., Zhou, B., Luo, Y., Sampers, I., Vanhaverbeke, M., Millner, P. The use of redox potential to estimate free chlorine in fresh produce washing operations: Possibilities and limitations. Postharvest Biology and Technology 156 (2019) 110957. [PDF]
Wu, Y., Luo, Y., Zhou, B., Mei, L., Wang, Q., Zhang, B. Porous metal-organic framework (MOF) Carrier for incorporation of volatile antimicrobial essential oil. Food Control 98 (2019) 174-178. [PDF]
Zhang, B., Luo, Y., Kanyuck, K., Saenz, N., Reed, K., Zavalij, P., Mowery, K., and Bauchan, G. 2019. Facile and template-free solvothermal synthesis of mesoporous/macroporous metal–organic framework nanosheets. RSC Adv. 2018, 8, 33059. [PDF]
2018
Bornhorst, E.R., Luo, Y., Park, E., Vinyard, B.T., Nou, X., Zhou, B., Turner, E., Millner, P.D. 2018. Immersion-free single-pass, commercial fresh-cut produce washing system: An alternative to flume processing. Postharvest Biology and Technology. 146:124-133. [PDF]
de Friasa, J., Luoa, Y., Zhou, B., Turner, E., Millner, P., Nou, X. Minimizing pathogen growth and quality deterioration of packaged leafy greens by maintaining optimum temperature in refrigerated display cases with doors. Food Control. 92:488-495. 2018. [PDF]
Gu, G., Ottesen, A., Bolten, S., Ramachandran, P., Reed, E., Rideout, S., Luo, Y., Patel, J., Brown, E., Nou, X. 2018. Shifts in spinach microbial communities after chlorine washing and storage at compliant and abusive temperatures. Food Microbiology. 73. August 2018: 73-84 [PDF]
Lobo, A. 2018. Two-Stage Estimation of Elasticities for Disaggregated Salad Products, M.S. thesis, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Arizona.
Luo, Y., Zou, B., Van Haute, S., Nou, X., Zhang, B., Teng, Z., Turner, E., Wang, Q., and Millner, P.D. 2018. Association between bacterial survival and free chlorine concentration during commercial fresh-cut produce wash operation. Food Microbiology. 70: 120-128 [PDF]
Teng, Z., Luo, Y., Alborzi, S., Zhou, B., Chen, L., Zhang, J., Zhang, B., Millner, P., Wang, Q. 2018. Investigation on chlorine-based sanitization under stabilized conditions in the presence of organic load. Int J Food Microbiology. 266 (150-157). [PDF]
Van Haute, S., Luo, Y., Sampers, I., Mei, L., Teng, Z., Zhou, B., Bornhorst, E.R., Wang, Q., Millner, P. 2018. Can UV absorbance rapidly estimate the chlorine demand in wash water during fresh-cut produce washing processes? Postharvest Biology and Technology. 142:19-27. [PDF]
Wang, Y., Dandekar, R., Bustos, N., Poulain, S., and Bourouiba, L. Universal rim thickness in unsteady sheet fragmentation. Physical Review Letters. 120, 204503. 2018. [PDF]
Wang, Y. and Bourouiba, L. Non-isolated drop impacts. J. Fluid Mechanics. 835:24-44. 2018. [PDF]
Wang, Y. and Bourouiba, L. Unsteady sheet fragmentation: Droplet sizes and speeds. J. Fluid Mechanics. 848:946-967. 2018 [PDF]
Zhou, B., Luo, Y., Bauchan, G., Feng, H., Stommel, J. 2018. Visualizing pathogen internalization pathways in fresh tomatoes using MicroCT and confocal laser scanning microscopy. Food Control. 86 (276-282). [PDF]
2017
Gombas, D., Luo, Y., Brennan, J., Shergill, g., Petran, R., Walsh, C., Khurana, K., Zomorodi, B., Rosen, J., Varley, R., and Deng, K. 2017. Guidelines to validate control of cross-contamination during washing of fresh-cut leafy vegetables. J. Food Prot. 80(2):312-330. [PDF]
Guan, Y., Luo, Y., Teng, Z., Zhou, B., Mei, L., Bauchan, G., and Wang Q. A Novel Sensing Chip for Probing Chlorine Permeation into Simulated Produce Cracks. Adv. Mater. Interfaces. 1800119. [PDF]
Mei, L.; Teng, Z; Zhu, G.; Liu, Y.; Zhang, F.; Zhang, J.; Li, Y.; Guan, Y.; Luo, Y.; Chen, X.; Wang, Q. 2017. Silver nanocluster-embedded zein films as antimicrobial coating materials for food packaging. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 9 (40), pp 35297–35304. [PDF]
Sun, X., Zhou, B., Luo, Y., Ference, C.M., Baldwin, E.A., Harrison, K., and Bai, J. Effect of controlled-release chlorine dioxide on the quality and safety of cherry/grape tomatoes. Food Control. 82: 26-30. 2017. [PDF]
Wang, Y. and Bourouiba, L. Drop impact on small surfaces: thickness and velocity profiles of the expanding sheet in the air. J. Fluid Mechanics. 814:510-534. 2017. [PDF]