Table 2.

Estimated values and performance of the secondary models for the specific growth rates of Salmonella enterica during alfalfa sprout development

Model	Parameter	Estimate	Standard-error	p value	RMSEa	A bf	B cf
Suboptimal Ratkowsky square-root model	a	0.02	0.001	6.58 × 10−4	0.02	1.17	0.91
	Tmin (°C)	9.01	0.878	1.97 × 10−3
Suboptimal Huang square-root model	A	0.05	0.004	10.00 × 10−4	0.04	1.23	0.95
	Tmin (°C)	9.76	0.796	1.17 × 10−3
Suboptimal Arrhenius-type model	A	0.003	0.001	9.22 × 10−2	0.02	1.08	1.02
	Alpha	26.44	9.428	1.07 × 10−1
	Ea	2450.50	34.663	2.00 × 10−4

^aRoot mean squared errors; ^bAccuracy factor; ^cBias factor