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. 2013 May 10;13(5):6109–6140. doi: 10.3390/s130506109

Table 2.

Turgor pressures in Kilo-Pascal (kPa) for the measured fruits. The averages are computed based on 30 measurements.

Fruit Pressure (kPa) Fruit 1 Fruit 2 Fruit 3 Fruit 4
Tomato Average 272 249 129 63
Max/Min 275/271 255/241 133/126 64/63
Standard deviation 1.7 3.5 1.7 0.5

Pear (Packans) Average 269 179 156 85
Max/Min 275/267 206/154 165/147 88/82
Standard deviation 2.3 11.2 5.5 1.8

Banana (Prata) Average 132 86 62 57
Max/Min 138/121 94/76 62/61 59/52
Standard deviation 4.4 4.4 0.3 1.4

Papaya Average 257 186 73 54
Max/Min 267/204 217/142 81/65 55/53
Standard deviation 18.1 19.6 3.8 0.5

Guava Average 267 222 161 81
Max/Min 267/267 248/196 177/137 83/80
Standard deviation 0 16.1 10.4 0.7

Mango (Tommy) Average 259 158 85 70
Max/Min 263/259 168/141 87/83 72/70
Standard deviation 0.7 6.7 1.1 0.5