Table 1.
Influence of aqueous ozone dip treatment on PLW (%) of strawberry fruits cv. ‘Winter Dawn’ during storage
Time of aqueous ozone dip (min) | Ambient (25 ± 2 °C and 45–50% RH) | Low temperature (2 ± 1 °C and 90% RH) | |||||||||
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Storage period (days) | Storage period (days) | ||||||||||
0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | |
0 | 0d | 3.67bc | 6.17a | 0g | 1.68jih | 2.04gfih | 2.48fgih | 2.90 gfeih | 3.50 gfdec | 4.81bac | 6.32a |
1 | 0d | 2.97bc | 5.30ba | 0g | 1.43ji | 1.58jih | 1.92gfih | 2.20 gih | 2.91gfeih | 4.29bdec | 5.68ba |
2 | 0d | 2.82c | 5.24ba | 0g | 1.37ji | 1.39ji | 1.77gfih | 2.21gfih | 2.92gfdeih | 4.25bdec | 5.67ba |
3 | 0d | 3.26c | 5.51ba | 0g | 1.59jih | 1.79gih | 2.15gih | 2.62fgeih | 3.31gfdech | 4.66bdac | 6.18a |
4 | 0d | 3.61bc | 5.84a | 0g | 1.70jih | 2.05gfih | 2.41gfih | 2.81fgeih | 3.56fdec | 4.36bdec | 6.28a |
*Means with same superscript are not significantly different at p ≤ 0.05