2.1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

The eligibility criteria for the study were defined using the PICOT classification (Population, Intervention, Comparator, Outcomes, and Study Types) as a tool to guide the research and formulate the search strategy. We defined the population (P) as studies that reported parasitic analyzes in plants before and after some intervention process. This intervention process (I) could be any sanitization agent (chemical, physical, or associated). In addition, the studies should present a comparator (C) of unhygienic samples or artificial contamination, the removal or reduction of parasitic forms adhered to the plants as an outcome (O), and comparative studies between samples with one or more intervention processes as the study type (T). Based on these definitions, structured terms were created to compose the search strategy. The primary search strategy and the modifications to meet the specificities of each database search syntax are detailed in S2 File.