. 2017 Aug 27;5(6):1088–1097. doi: 10.1002/fsn3.496

Table 1.

Peak viscosities (cP) of sweetpotato pastes as affected by postharvest handling and storage conditions of sweetpotato roots

Sweetpotato variety	Postharvest handling condition	Storage duration
Sweetpotato variety	Postharvest handling condition	Day 1	Day 14	Day 28	Day 42	Day 56
NASPOT 1	RF	2504^a	1072^b	945^a	795^b	768^a
	RC	1212^b	551^d	432^b	302^c	272^c
	PF	2504^a	1259^a	991^a	921^a	714^b
	PC	1212^b	784^c	435^b	315^c	285^c
NASPOT 2	RF	1012^a	652^b	527^b	290^b	252^b
	RC	538^b	356^c	102^c	81^c	42^d
	PF	1012^a	995^a	553^a	513^a	424^a
	PC	538^b	359^c	135^c	93^c	67^c
NASPOT 9	RF	933^a	344^b	233^b	101^a	73^d
	RC	544^b	120^c	34^d	40^c	25^c
	PF	933^a	537^a	568^a	480^a	360^a
	PC	544^b	142^c	55^c	58^c	33^c
NASPOT 10	RF	1450^a	774^a	310^b	147^b	126^b
	RC	726^b	265^c	85^c	56^c	36^c
	PF	1450^a	564^b	495^a	484^a	425^a
	PC	726^b	217^c	89^c	73^c	45^c
Kakamega	RF	1823^a	1323^a	720^b	514^b	465^b
	RC	1429^b	698^b	403^c	95^c	59^c
	PF	1823^a	1182^a	1026^a	655^a	630^a
	PC	1429^b	805^b	238^d	93^c	63^c

RF, Room fresh (23–26°C and 70–80% RH); RC, Room cured (29–31°C and 63–65% RH for 4 days then at 23–26°C and 70–80% RH); PF, Pit fresh (19–21°C and 90–95% RH); PC, Pit cured (29–31°C and 63–65% RH for 4 days then at 19–21°C and 90–95% RH).

Data are presented as means of three replicates. Values followed by the same superscript letters are not significantly different among storage conditions within each variety (p < .05).