Table 1.
Physicochemical and phytochemical quality parameters of ‘Eureka’ lemon in fruit harvested from inside canopy and outside canopy positions and stored at 3 °C for 12 weeks
| Storage time (weeks) | Inside canopy | Outside canopy | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mass (g) | TSS (%) | TA (%) | Tcar (g/kg) | Phenols (g/kg GAE) | Flavonoids (g/kg QE) | Mass (g) | TSS (%) | TA (%) | Tcar (g/kg) | Phenols (g/kg GAE) | Flavonoids (g/kg QE) | |
| 0 | 122.6ab | 5.23a | 2.63a | 41.52a | 1.65a | 2.13b | 127cde | 6.2a | 3.52b | 64.1a | 2.24b | 2.46cd |
| 3 | 106.71a | 5.31b | 3.25ab | 69ab | 2.88cd | 2.19b | 120.1bcd | 5.9b | 3.25a | 73.74ab | 2.15b | 2.49cd |
| 6 | 107.1a | 6.5b | 4.85bc | 91.21abc | 3.06d | 2.63d | 119bc | 6.8ab | 4.98ab | 133.62cd | 2.33b | 2.96e |
| 9 | 118.21bc | 6.07ab | 5.81d | 103.21bc | 1.63a | 1.98b | 130.7e | 7.2c | 5.79bc | 128.61d | 2.80cd | 1.37a |
| 12 | 110.81ab | 7.12c | 5.25cd | 157.12d | 1.58a | 2.28bc | 129.9de | 7.8cd | 5.11b | 237.41e | 2.75c | 1.63a |
Mean values with different letter (s) in the same column indicate statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) according to Duncan’s multiple range test
TSS total soluble solids, TA titratable acidity, Tcar total caroteniods