DataSet associated with article "Conditions at the time of inoculation influence survival of attenuated Escherichia coli O157:H7 on field-inoculated lettuce"

This dataset contains all Escherichia coli O157:H7 concentration in log CFU/plant measured after inoculation onto 4- and 6-week-old romaine lettuce plants in the Salinas Valley, CA, at night or the next morning with either low (5 log) or high (7 log) for 5 field trials conducted between 2010 and 2015. The corresponding weather data, recorded in Salinas, for figure 2 and 3 are included as well as the concentration of aerobic bacteria and coliform in control plant for table 3.