Table 3.

Effect of treatments on the (A) weight loss, (B) firmness, (C) soluble solid concentration and (D) titratable acidity of papaya following 28 d of storage at 12 ± 1 °C and 80–85%RH. Mean values followed by the same significant letters are not significantly different (P > 0.05)

Treatment	Storage time (days)
	0	7	14	21	28
(A) Weight loss (%)
Control	0.00f	4.59a-f	9.06a-c	9.33ab	11.14a
10.0 % GA	0.00f	1.92d-f	3.55b-f	6.84a-e	9.08a-c
1.5 % GE	0.00f	2.05d-f	4.36b-f	6.25a-f	7.02a-e
2.0 % GO	0.00f	2.91b-f	3.82b-f	6.05a-f	8.01a-d
1.5%GE + 10.0%GA	0.00f	1.71d-f	2.51c-f	4.14b-f	5.60a-f
2.0%GO + 10.0%GA	0.00f	1.21ef	2.14d-f	4.11b-f	5.38a-f
(B) Firmness (N)
Control	104.63a	17.53d	17.75d	16.71d	20.04d
10.0 % GA	104.63a	51.78a-d	28.17 cd	24.22 cd	26.58 cd
1.5 % GE	104.63a	63.36 a-d	51.08a-d	39.96b-d	42.75b-d
2.0 % GO	104.63a	53.84a-d	48.78a-d	43.32b-d	22.53d
1.5%GE + 10.0%GA	104.63a	88.61ab	55.98a-d	43.16b-d	25.71 cd
2.0%GO + 10.0%GA	104.63a	102.72a	79.04a-c	43.34b-d	21.83d
(C) Soluble solid concentration (%)
Control	6.50b	10.38ab	10.67a	10.29ab	8.96ab
10.0 % GA	6.50b	8.67ab	10.79a	10.21ab	7.96ab
1.5 % GE	6.50b	9.92ab	10.42ab	8.46ab	6.88ab
2.0 % GO	6.50b	9.58ab	9.83ab	8.67ab	9.29ab
1.5%GE + 10.0%GA	6.50b	6.67ab	9.00ab	9.33ab	9.08ab
2.0%GO + 10.0%GA	6.50b	7.46ab	8.21ab	7.04ab	10.08ab
(D) Titratable acidity (%)
Control	0.050a	0.034a-c	0.033a-c	0.042a-c	0.040a-c
10.0 % GA	0.050a	0.032bc	0.035a-c	0.029c	0.045a-c
1.5 % GE	0.050a	0.041a-c	0.037a-c	0.040a-c	0.031bc
2.0 % GO	0.050a	0.043a-c	0.041a-c	0.042a-c	0.041a-c
1.5%GE + 10.0%GA	0.050a	0.040a-c	0.050a	0.042a-c	0.037a-c
2.0%GO + 10.0%GA	0.050a	0.050a	0.044a-c	0.04ab	0.043a-c