TABLE 2.

Factors affecting S. enterica growth on alfalfa sprouts and Swiss chard microgreens via seed contamination

Plant type and factor(s)	df	Sum of squares	Mean square value	F value	P(>F) value	Statistical significancea
Alfalfa sprouts
Inoculation level	1	4.57	4.572	6.542	0.0122	*
Storage time	1	2.92	2.917	4.173	0.0441	*
Serovar	1	0.06	0.064	0.091	0.7631
Inoculation level × storage time	1	12.35	12.347	17.667	6.3E−05	***
Inoculation level × serovar	1	0.03	0.028	0.040	0.8427
Storage time × serovar	1	1.20	1.196	1.711	0.1943
Inoculation level × storage time × serovar	1	0.05	0.055	0.079	0.7798
Residuals	88	61.50	0.699
Swiss chard microgreens
Inoculation level	1	10.06	10.056	11.375	0.00120	**
Storage time	1	0.10	0.105	0.119	0.73140
Serovar	1	8.44	8.438	9.544	0.00285	**
Part	1	0.01	0.012	0.014	0.90767
Inoculation level × storage time	1	1.16	1.163	1.315	0.25521
Inoculation level × serovar	1	0.07	0.066	0.075	0.78505
Storage time × serovar	1	1.53	1.529	1.730	0.19261
Inoculation level × part	1	0.03	0.028	0.031	0.85977
Storage time × part	1	0.03	0.028	0.031	0.85989
Serovar × part	1	0.00	0.001	0.001	0.97014
Inoculation level × storage time × serovar	1	1.42	1.424	1.611	0.20850
Inoculation level × storage time × part	1	0.32	0.315	0.356	0.55238
Inoculation level × serovar × part	1	0.67	0.673	0.762	0.38567
Storage time × serovar × part	1	0.19	0.188	0.212	0.64641
Inoculation level × storage time × serovar × part	1	0.00	0.000	0.000	0.99396
Residuals	72	63.65	0.884

^a*, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.01; ***, P < 0.001.