Table 3.
Microbial evaluation of AVG and PWB coated hog plum during storage.
| Treatment | Storage (day) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 6 | 12 | |
| Control | 1.2 × 103 ± 0.08 Ac | 1.4 × 106 ± 0.14 Ab | 1.5 × 107 ± 0.18 Aa |
| PWB coated hog plum | 1.2 × 103 ± 0.08 Ac | 1.3 × 105 ± 0.15 Bb | 1.4 × 106 ± 0.10 Ba |
| AVG coated hog plum | 1.2 × 103 ± 0.08 Ac | 3.3 × 104 ± 0.17 Cb | 1.2 × 105 ± 0.12Ca |
Note: Control: Untreated fruit; AVG: Aloe vera gel; PWB: Paraffin wax-coated paperboard box packaging. Values with different superscript letters in a row (small letter) and a column (Capital letter) are significantly different (P < 0.05). Data are represented as mean ± SD.