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

Table 2. Statistical analysis of parameter estimates for the decline of Salmonella Typhimurium concentrations on/in tomato leaves after inoculation through guttation droplets.

Inoculation concentration	Position	Tomato cultivars	Intercept (log (CFU/g))	Slope (log (CFU/g)·day⁻¹)
		Florida Lanai	6.681±0.648^a	−3.541±0.189^a
	Surface	Crown Jewel	6.409±0.469^a	−2.173±0.107^b
10⁹ CFU/ml		Ailsa Craig	6.175±0.293^a	−1.752±0.089^c
		Florida Lanai	4.460±0.039^a	−2.320±0.253^a
	Internal	Crown Jewel	5.803±0.058^c	−1.877±0.043^b
		Ailsa Craig	5.045±0.499^b	−1.292±0.251^c
		Florida Lanai	4.264±0.921^a	−2.204±0.294^a
	Surface	Crown Jewel	4.293±0.958^a	−2.221±0.321^a
10⁷CFU/ml		Ailsa Craig	4.151±0.549^a	−2.285±0.181^a
		Florida Lanai	2.136±0.648^a	−1.262±0.253^a
	Internal	Crown Jewel	3.487±0.581^a	−1.812±0.308^a
		Ailsa Craig	2.677±0.278^a	−1.461±0.076^a

^a

, ^band^cindicate significant differences among cultivars using the least significant difference test of ANOVA (P = 0.05).