Recovery of Salmonella enterica newport introduced through irrigation water from tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum) fruit, roots, stems, and leaves

HortScience

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 675-678

  Hintz, Leslie D ^a   Boyer, Renee R ^a   Ponder, Monica A ^a   Williams, Robert C ^a   Rideout, Steven L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental growth chamber; Foodborne illness; Irrigation; Leaf; Newport; Outbreak; Roots; Salmonellosis; Stem

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 77952014631     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.45.4.675     Document Type: Article

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