Table 2.

Effect of (T2) 1-MCP (0.3 μl l⁻¹, 24 h) on ripening status of tomatoes represented by equal proportions of fruits at green mature, breaker and turning stages in variety ‘Pusa Gaurav’ stored at 31 ± 1 °C and 45 ± 10% RH

	RI,%		RT,%
	14	18	14	18
C	72**	77**	21**	28**
T2	50	54	0	0

**Significantly higher value (for each column) based on the comparison of 2 means by t-test (p ≤ 0.01) (n = 4 lots with 15 fruits in each lot)

DAT, RI, RT, C: As in Table 1. 14 and 18: DAT