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Table 2.

The interaction effect of storage environment and varieties on the moisture content (%) of pepper fruits during 28 days of storage

Storage Treatments/Cultivars	Storage periods (days)
Storage Treatments/Cultivars	0	4	8	12	16	20	24	28
Evaporative Cooling
Melka Dima	91.7^a	91.5^ab	91.1^a	90.4^a	89.8^a	89.0^a	88.7^a	86.4
Melka Eshet	92.5^a	92.3^a	91.1^a	89.7^a	89.4^a	88.0^a	87.7^ab	84.0
Melka Zala	91.1^abc	89.9^abc	90.4^ab	85.6^bc	87.7^ab	88.6^a	88.0^ab	86.6
Mareko Fana	89.8^bc	88.9^cde	88.7^bc	87.2^bc	86.7^abc	85.4^b	84.8^bc	83.4
PBC 600	89.4^c	88.1^de	87.4^cd	86.9^bc	86.6^abc	85.2^b	83.7^c	82.8
Ambient storage
Melka Dima	91.7^a	88.2^cd	86.1^d	86.8^bc	85.1^abc	–	–	–
Melka Eshet	92.5^a	89.5^bc	89.3^ab	86.7^ab	83.8^bc	–	–	–
Melka Zala	91.1^abc	85.5^def	86.6^cd	85.6^c	84.1^c	–	–	–
Mareko Fana	89.8^bc	86.7^def	84.7^de	83.2^d	78.9^d	–	–	–
PBC 600	89.4^c	84.5^f	83.6^e	84.4^d	75.0^d	–	–	–
Significance	*	**	**	**	***	**	**	ns
SE ±	0.50	0.30	0.25	0.47	0.52	0.48	1.05	1.06
LSD (0.05)	1.70	1.60	1.74	1.71	2.84	1.55	3.41	3.74
CV (%)	0.50	0.60	0.49	0.93	1.06	0.94	2.09	2.18

(n = 3)

Means within a column followed by the same letter (s) are not significantly different at P ≤ 0.05; ns *, **, *** indicate non significant, significant difference at P ≤ 0.05, 0.01 or 0.001, respectively. The data from day 16 onwards is meant for the evaporatively cooled storage only