Table 1. Incidence of Salmonella enterica contamination following sowing in non-sterile soil mixed with contaminated plant debris from a previous tomato crop.
1 day fallow* | 7 days fallow | |||
Phyllosphere | Rhizoplane | Phyllosphere | Rhizoplane | |
Seedling | 2/18+ | 14/18 | 0/20 | 8/20 |
3–5 Leaf | 2/15 | 15/15 | 0/12 | 11/12 |
Tomato seeds were sown one or seven days following crop incorporation.
Number of S. enterica positive samples/number of samples tested. These data are combined from two experiments.