Effects of wet leaf period and temperature on survival of SSG at 0 to 24 h after application. Plants were sprayed with an SSG cell suspension at 10⁷ to 10⁸ CFU^.ml⁻¹, placed in a growth chamber at 10, 20, 30 C, and sampled at 1, 2, 4, and 7 days post-inoculation (dpi) after the inoculum was blow-dried at 0, 3, 6, 12, and 24 h. The SSG colony-forming unit (CFU) per leaf was calculated based on colony counts of suspended bacteria from the sampled leaves. Each column is a CFU average from six leaves of three independent experiments. Bars indicate standard errors.