Table 3.
Microbial population in different tomato cultivars at RARS, Khajura.
| Cultivars | ABC (logCFU g−1) |
Coliform (logCFU g−1) |
Mold (logCFU g−1) |
Yeast (logCFU g−1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLN369A | 5.19a | 5.10a | 2.02a | 3.51a |
| CLN 3940 | 4.96b | 4.42c | 2.29a | 1.98ab |
| UC204A | 3.32c | 4.82b | 1.19b | 1.84b |
| Pusa ruby | 2.58d | 4.53c | 0.96b | 1.77b |
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| P-value | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.09 |
| CV | 2.21 | 2.13 | 16.40 | 34.55 |
| LSD | 0.18 | 0.20 | 0.53 | 1.57 |
Means followed by the same letter(s) do not differ significantly at 1% level of probability, P = probability value, CV = Coefficient of Variation, and LSD = Least Significant Difference.