Table 2.
Tomato ripeness | Total no. of tomatoes |
Salmonella-positive samples from: |
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On/within tomatoes (%) | On tomatoes only (%) | Within tomatoes only (%) | Total no. (%)a | ||
Green | 43 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 17 (39.5) B |
Breaker | 21 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 16 (76.2) A |
Red | 26 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 19 (73.1) A |
Different uppercase letters represent the number of positives of the total that are significantly different (P < 0.05).