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