. 2011 Jun 17;50(5):842–855. doi: 10.1007/s13197-011-0405-1

Table 1.

The interaction effect of storage environment and varieties on the physiological weight loss (%) of pepper fruit during storage period of 28 days

Storage treatment/cultivars	Storage periods (days)
Storage treatment/cultivars	4	8	12	16	20	24	28
Evaporative Cooling
Melka Dima	2.7^e	9.6^d	13.3^c	17.2^e	27.9^a	29.8^a	35.5^b
Melka Eshet	2.8^e	8.1^f	13.3^c	17.5^e	18.9^b	20.3^b	29.1^c
Melka Zala	2.5^f	8.7^e	9.9^d	11.4^g	14.4^d	16.9^d	38.9^a
Mareko Fana	1.7^g	8.6^e	10.2^d	11.7^g	11.8^e	15.8^e	18.3^e
PBC 600	2.8^e	7.3^g	7.7^e	15.6^f	16.6^c	17.6^c	22.7^d
Ambient storage
Melka Dima	7.4^c	18.7^a	22.5^a	30.4^a	–	–	–
Melka Eshet	6.2^d	14.1^b	22.5^a	26.2^c	–	–	–
Melka Zala	7.5^c	14.0^b	22.4^a	26.2^c	–	–	–
Mareko Fana	8.5^b	11.6^c	19.6^b	27.7^b	–	–	–
PBC 600	9.2^a	13.8^b	20.2^b	21.2^d	–	–	–
Significance	***	***	***	***	***	***	***
SE ±	0.12	0.19	0.22	0.32	0.22	0.27	0.21
LSD (0.05)	0.24	0.40	1.30	0.66	0.72	0.89	0.69
CV (%)	3.88	2.88	2.42	2.67	2.13	2.36	1.26

(n = 3)

Means within a column followed by the same letter (s) are not significantly different at P ≤ 0.05; where *** indicate significant difference at P ≤ 0.001