Table 6.
Color parameters (lightness and hue angle) in nectarines with different treatments during storage.
| Color Parameters | Ground or Overcolor | Treatments | Storage Times (Days) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 28 | 5 Shelf Life | |||
| Lightness (L*) | GC | Untreated control | 68.70 a | 67.86 a | 67.78 a | 68.6 a | 68.28 a | 63.71 b |
| GC | Thyme 1% | 67.75 a | 65.38 a | 65.64 a | 67.57 a | 65.97 ab | 64.96 ab | |
| GC | Thyme 10% | 67.67 a | 65.32 a | 65.37 a | 67.17 a | 65.64 b | 64.07 ab | |
| GC | Savory 1% | 68.79 a | 65.55 a | 66.81 a | 67.18 a | 67.67 ab | 67.75 a | |
| GC | Savory 10% | 68.38 a | 66.85 a | 65.79 a | 67.84 a | 68.14 ab | 66.78 ab | |
| Hue angle (h) | GC | Untreated control | 82.44 a | 86.25 a | 83.73 a | 84.12 a | 84.25 a | 66.16 a |
| GC | Thyme 1% | 80.28 a | 79.73 b | 78.39 a | 77.91 b | 78.98 ab | 66.50 a | |
| GC | Thyme 10% | 78.76 a | 75.11 b | 79.01 a | 77.74 b | 78.03 b | 69.73 a | |
| GC | Savory 1% | 81.59 a | 79.55 b | 79.37 a | 81.31 ab | 81.82 ab | 70.29 a | |
| GC | Savory 10% | 83.24 a | 81.47 ab | 81.43 a | 81.35 ab | 77.94 b | 72.89 a | |
| Lightness (L*) | OC | Untreated control | 40.20 a | 48.11 a | 41.64 a | 38.34 b | 39.79 a | 44.19 ab |
| OC | Thyme 1% | 44.73 a | 46.96 a | 39.00 ab | 42.03 a | 40.12 a | 39.63 b | |
| OC | Thyme 10% | 40.16 a | 42.41 b | 37.45 b | 42.65 a | 37.45 a | 43.93 ab | |
| OC | Savory 1% | 45.20 a | 43.14 b | 37.54 b | 35.68 b | 38.76 a | 48.14 a | |
| OC | Savory 10% | 39.34 a | 45.96 ab | 37.81 ab | 37.54 b | 36.73 a | 43.72 ab | |
| Hue angle (h) | OC | Untreated control | 20.28 a | 42.58 a | 33.75 a | 27.32 b | 30.88 a | 29.58 ab |
| OC | Thyme 1% | 33.94 a | 41.84 ab | 32.78 a | 34.52 a | 31.80 a | 20.80 c | |
| OC | Thyme 10% | 25.68 a | 36.69 b | 31.23 a | 29.67 b | 28.32 a | 28.27 bc | |
| OC | Savory 1% | 33.49 a | 38.3 ab | 30.79 a | 27.46 b | 29.16 a | 36.20 a | |
| OC | Savory 10% | 25.19 a | 40.64 ab | 33.05 a | 28.48 b | 27.07 a | 27.47 bc | |
Nectarines ‘Sweet Red’: GC: ground color; OC: over color. Mean values followed by the same letter within each column are not significantly different by Tukey’s Test at p ≤ 0.05. Letters in the same column are used to compare the treatment influence.