TABLE 1.
Samples of leafy greens collected at two farms in southeastern Norway throughout the growing season of 2013 that were subjected to microbial profiling of the phyllosphere-inhabiting bacteria
| Farm and leafy green (variety) | Planting | Day/mo of sampling (no of samples sequenced) |
Plant age (wk) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 wka | Harvest | |||
| Vestfold | ||||
| L. sativa (Little Gem) | 1 | 15/5 (3) | 12/6 (4) | 9 |
| L. sativa (Little Gem) | 2 | 03/7 (4) | 17/7 (4) | 7 |
| L. sativa (Little Gem) | 3 | 20/8 (4) | 13/9 (4) | 8.5 |
| Buskerudb | ||||
| L. sativa (Iceberg) | 1 | 23/5 (3) | 17/6 (4) | 9,5 |
| L. sativa (Frillice) | 2 | 29/7 (4) | 19/8 (4) | 8 |
| L. sativa (Frillice) | 3 | 19/8 (3) | 17/9 (4) | 10 |
| D. tenuifolia (Rocket) | 1 | 08/7 (3) | 5 | |
| D. tenuifolia (Rocket) | 2 | 29/7 (3) | 5 | |
a
The plants that were sampled 3 weeks after planting in the field were 5 weeks old upon sampling.
b
For the purpose of this work, communities developing on the different lettuce varieties at Farm Buskerud were assumed to be similar.