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. 2019 Nov 22;57(4):1469–1476. doi: 10.1007/s13197-019-04182-x

Table 2.

Effect of bagging and bag color on physical attributes of pomegranate

Treatments (bag color) Peel weight (%) Peel thickness (mm) Fruit firmness (N) Juice recovery (%) Specific gravity Aril Firmness (N)
White 38.12 ± 0.62c 0.40 ± 0.01c 18.92 ± 0.20a 48.20 ± 0.50b 1.02 ± 0.01a 206.15 ± 1.44b
Blue 40.70 ± 0.30b 0.45 ± 0.01b 17.25 ± 0.20b 47.12 ± 0.70b 0.93 ± 0.01c 191.45 ± 1. 15c
Red 33.00 ± 0.32d 0.35 ± 0.01d 17.53 ± 0.26b 55.09 ± 0.45a 1.05 ± 0.01a 206.15 ± 1.25b
Control 47.15 ± 0.43a 0.50 ± 0.01a 19.21 ± 0.22a 42.17 ± 0.61c 0.98 ± 0.01b 208.63 ± 1.34a

Data are mean ± S.E. of three replicate determination (n = 3)

Treatment values with similar letters not significant different (p < 0.05)