Recovery of S. enterica Poona and E. tracheiphila from cantaloupe rinds.

1Et – Erwinia tracheiphila; SP – Salmonella enterica Poona.2Cantaloupe rind pieces (3 cm2×2–3 mm deep) were sampled at 0, 9, or 24 days post inoculation (DPI); values are means ± standard deviation of the means; numbers in parenthesis following pathogen recovery values indicate # of fruits having detectable level of pathogens (by direct plating)/total # fruits sampled, the detection limit by direct plating is l log CFU/3 cm2; means within the same row having the same lowercase letters or within the same column having the same capital letters are not statistically significant at the 0.05 level.3NA- Not applicable as none of the rind surfaces having lesions yet right after pathogen inoculation (0 DPI).4TNTC-too numerous to count.