Factors that affect proliferation of Salmonella in tomatoes post-harvest: The roles of seasonal effects, irrigation regime, crop and pathogen genotype

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Marvasi, Massimiliano ^a   Hochmuth, George J ^a   Giurcanu, Mihai C ^b   George, Andrée S ^a   Noel, Jason T ^a   Bartz, Jerry ^a   Teplitski, Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL PLANT DISEASE; BACTERIAL REPRODUCTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FRUIT RIPENING; GENOTYPE; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); NONHUMAN; PLANT YIELD; POSTHARVEST PERIOD; SALMONELLA; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOMATO; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FRUIT; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SEASONS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84891894869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080871     Document Type: Article

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