Table 1.
Effect of hot water treatment on TPC and population of L. monocytogenes inoculated on red radish seeds

Soaking time (sec)	Treatment temp. (°C)	Microbial population (log CFU/g)
		TPC	L. monocytogenes
		Control		4.95±0.11	3.95±0.16
30	60	2.93±0.07***	0.88±0.68***
	65	1.92±0.12***	0.20±0.45***
	70	1.67±0.26***	0.02±0.14***
	75	1.25±0.35***	0.00±0.00***
	80	0.98±0.73***	0.00±0.00***
	90	0.15±0.38***	0.00±0.00***
F-value ( p )		89.760***	91.932***
60	60	2.78±0.04***	0.43±0.58***
	65	1.61±0.21***	0.11±0.33***
	70	1.43±0.34***	0.00±0.00***
	75	1.19±0.21***	0.00±0.00***
	80	0.68±0.66***	0.00±0.00***
	90	0.05±0.23***	0.00±0.00***
F-value ( p )		169.621***	41.585***
t-value ( p )		1.318	-0.646

significant at p<0.001.