This report investigates the browning effect on lettuce resulting from pseudomonads, examines bacterial loads in soils during cultivation and investigates the development of control methods to reduce overall load of fluorescent pseudomonads in field and post harvest.

This project has been funded by Hort Innovation, using the research and development levies listed below and contributions from the Australian Government. Hort Innovation is the grower-owned, not-for-profit research and development corporation for Australian horticulture.

• Vegetable Fund