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. 2016 Jan 15;53(4):1966–1974. doi: 10.1007/s13197-015-2164-x

Table 1.

L, a*, b* and chroma* values of coated and control fruits of Lalit guava variety during post-harvest storage of guava at 24 ± 1 °C and 65 ± 5%RH

L a* b* Chroma* Hue angle*
Skin colour values
 Control
  Day 1 49.72 ± 4.83a −8.06 ± 1.98a 34.96 ± 5.57a 35.99 ± 5.09a −1.00 ± 0.00a
  Day 3 58.38 ± 4.10a −2.12 ± 3.17a 44.64 ± 4.15a 44.81 ± 3.97a −0.47 ± 0.92a
  Day 6 60.81 ± 4.18b 3.30 ± 5.47b 47.87 ± 4.36b 48.23 ± 4.70b 0.20 ± 1.03b
  Day 9 63.24 ± 3.05c 10.14 ± 2.64c 49.73 ± 2.29c 50.82 ± 2.34c 1.00 ± 0.00c
 Coated
  Day 1 46.84 ± 3.55a −8.91 ± 2.14a 32.47 ± 4.29a 33.80 ± 3.67a −1.00 ± 0.00a
  Day 3 51.10 ± 4.47a −5.34 ± 1.67a 35.02 ± 4.45a 35.45 ± 4.46a −1.00 ± 0.00a
  Day 6 57.46 ± 5.59b −2.55 ± 5.09b 42.57 ± 7.25b 42.95 ± 7.04b −0.40 ± 0.97b
  Day 9 56.81 ± 4.70c 1.92 ± 2.51c 43.20 ± 4.30c 43.30 ± 4.36c 0.60 ± 0.84c
  Day 12 60.86 ± 6.29d 1.97 ± 4.22c 34.51 ± 6.17c 54.77 ± 6.01b 0.00 ± 1.05c
Flesh colour values
 Control
  Day 1 51.01 ± 0.19a −0.95 ± 0.20a 23.53 ± 0.12a 23.55 ± 0.13a −1.00 ± 0.00a
  Day 3 46.42 ± 0.62b 13.90 ± 0.16b 18.55 ± 0.21b 23.18 ± 0.26a 0.87 ± 0.00b
  Day 6 43.27 ± 0.55c 23.19 ± 0.40c 20.74 ± 0.15c 31.11 ± 0.35b 0.71 ± 0.01c
  Day 9 33.40 ± 1.18d 21.58 ± 0.51d 18.30 ± 0.60b 28.30 ± 0.72c 0.69 ± 0.01d
 Coated
  Day 1 52.53 ± 0.93a −6.06 ± 0.17a 27.52 ± 0.63a 28.18 ± 0.64a −1.00 ± 0.00a
  Day 3 49.28 ± 1.55b −3.04 ± 0.28b 24.20 ± 0.87b 24.39 ± 0.84b 1.00 ± 0.00b
  Day 6 49.91 ± 0.87b −2.50 ± 0.10b 27.53 ± 0.48a 27.64 ± 0.47a −1.00 ± 0.00a
  Day 9 47.34 ± 1.15b 5.26 ± 0.21c 24.82 ± 0.51b 25.37 ± 0.53b 1.00 ± 0.00b
  Day 12 43.62 ± 0.56c 8.93 ± 0.09c 28.95 ± 0.48a 28.97 ± 0.48a −1.00 ± 0.00a

Note: (i) Mean ± S.D. of 15 determinations; (ii) Mean among each set of data labelled by the same letter are not significantly different (P < 0.05) by Duncan’s multiple range test