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. 2010 Oct 20;47(5):519–526. doi: 10.1007/s13197-010-0090-5

Table 8.

Effect of (T2) 1-MCP (0.3 μl l−1, 24 h) on completion of post-harvest life (%) of green mature tomato fruits stored at 25 ± 1 °C and 80 ± 10% RH for different days

Fast ripening Slow ripening Mean (T)
‘Pusa Ruby’ ‘Pusa Early Dwarf’ ‘Pusa Sheetal’ ‘Pusa Uphar’ ‘Pusa Gaurav’ ‘Pusa 120’ ‘Pusa Selection 8’ ‘Pusa Rohini’
DAT 14
 C 55ab 40bc 68a 40bc 11de 31bcd 9e 32bcd 35.7a
 T2 0f 16cde 0f 7e 0f 3f 0f 0f 3.2b
 Mean (V) 27.5ab 28.0a 34.0ab 23.5ab 5.5c 17.0bc 4.5c 16.0bc
Variety (V) = **, Treatment (T) = **, V × T = **
DAT 18
 C 57 51 89 47 13 48 18 32 44.4a
 T2 36 21 55 23 2 5 0 0 17.7b
 Mean (V) 46.5b 36.0bc 72.0a 35.0bc 7.5d 26.5cd 9.0d 16.0d
V = **, T = **, V × T = NS
DAT 22
 C 79 62 100 53 17 55 22 45 54.1a
 T2 48 27 68 29 5 28 1 5 26.4b
 Mean (V) 63.5b 44.5bc 84.0a 41.0bc 11.0d 41.5bc 11.5d 25.0cd
V = **, T = **, V × T = NS
DAT 26
 C 100 76 100 77 20 73 32 60 67.2a
 T2 69 38 72 59 5 46 11 29 41.1b
 Mean (V) 84.5a 57.0bc 86.0a 68.0b 12.5d 59.5bc 21.5d 44.5c
V = **, T = **, V × T = NS

Values followed by different superscript/s are significant over one another at **p ≤ 0.01. NS: not significant (n = 3 lots with 15 fruits in each lot)

DAT, C: As in Table 1