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. 2013 Jan 8;8(1):e53470. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053470

Table 1. Salmonella Typhimurium population density (mean ± standard deviation) on/in tomato leaves 1 day after inoculation through guttation droplets (1 droplet per leaf).

Inoculation concentration Position Tomato cultivars Salmonella population (log (CFU/g))
Florida Lanai 2.236±1.099a
Surface Crown Jewel 3.168±0.513a
109 CFU/ml Ailsa Craig 3.337±0.644a
Florida Lanai 1.735±1.502b
Internal Crown Jewel 3.602±0.301a
Ailsa Craig 3.751±0.298a
Florida Lanai 1.735±1.502a
Surface Crown Jewel 1.735±1.502a
107 CFU/ml Ailsa Craig 0.926±0.807a
Florida Lanai 0.000±0.000a
Internal Crown Jewel 1.369±1.195a
Ailsa Craig 0.634±0.605a
a

and bindicate significant differences among cultivars using the least significant difference test of ANOVA (P = 0.05).