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. 2019 Nov 28;8(4):271. doi: 10.3390/pathogens8040271

Table 3.

Shattered berries (%) of ‘Benitaka’ table grapes after 30 and 45 days storage in a cold chamber at 1 ± 1 °C and 3 days at shelf-life at 22 ± 1 °C after the period of cold storage, individually packaged in clamshells with different SO2-generating pads and perforated plastic liners.

Type of SO2 Release and Amount of SO2 in Pads (A) Shattered Berries (%)
After 30 Days in Cold Chamber After 45 Days in Cold Chamber After 3 Days at Shelf-Life
Slow release—4 g 0.22 ± 0.09 a 0.65 ± 0.23 a 1.11 ± 0.06 a
Slow release—7 g 0.34 ± 0.06 a 0.50 ± 0.12 a 1.05 ± 0.05 a
Dual release—5 g 0.28 ± 0.12 a 0.55 ± 0.20 a 1.06 ± 0.04 a
Dual release—8 g 0.20 ± 0.10 a 0.43 ± 0.11 a 1.17 ± 0.05 a
Ventilation area of perforated plastic liners (B)
0.3% 0.15 ± 0.09 a 0.34 ± 0.20 b 1.03 ± 0.03 b
0.9% 0.36 ± 0.09 a 0.81 ± 0.14 a 1.18 ± 0.06 a
1.0% 0.27 ± 0.09 a 0.45 ± 0.13 ab 1.08 ± 0.06 ab
Contrast of the additional treatment with the factorial
Additional treatment 0.38 ± 0.38 a 0.11 ± 0.12 a 1.29 ± 0.05 a
Factorial 0.26 ± 0.09 a 0.53 ± 0.17 a 1.10 ± 0.05 b
F (A) 0.43 ns 1.04 ns 1.36 ns
F (B) 1.53 ns 3.61 * 3.81 *
F (A × B) 0.30 ns 0.18 ns 1.40 ns
F (additional treat. × factorial) 0.07 ns 2.23 ns 5.23 *
CV % 21.86 2.76 15.85

Means within columns followed by the same letters are not statistically different as determined by Tukey’s test (* p ≤ 0.05). ns: not significant. CV: coefficient of variation. The original data were transformed by x+0.5.