TABLE 6.
Effect of Allium sativum L. and Rosmarinus officinalis L. essential oils at concentrations of 1,700 and 700 μL/L, respectively on strawberry fruit quality after 8 days’ storage.
| Paros cultivar | Treatments | Spray time | D8 |
| WL (%) | Control | 00.00b | 0.410.14a |
| R. officinalis | 0.500.16a | ||
| A. sativum | 0.320.02a | ||
| Firmness (N) | Control | 4.60.49a | 3.200.15a |
| R. officinalis | 4.20.14a | ||
| A. sativum | 4.20.25a | ||
| pH | Control | 3.470.03b | 4.100.06a |
| R. officinalis | 3.790.02a | ||
| A. sativum | 3.830.01a | ||
| TA (%) | Control | 1.120.07a | 0.730.05b |
| R. officinalis | 0.830.01b | ||
| A. sativum | 0.810.02b | ||
| TSS (g/100 g | Control | 8.50.66b | 10.50.41a |
| FW) | R. officinalis | 8.560.43b | |
| A. sativum | 9.33.0.56 ab | ||
| AA (mg/100 g | Control | 25.592.78a | 21.133.01a |
| FW) | R. officinalis | 22.961.41a | |
| A. sativum | 24.131.11a | ||
| TF (mg/100 g | Control | 132.706.83a | 127.462.77ab |
| FW) | R. officinalis | 119.447.23ab | |
| A. sativum | 114.441.40b | ||
| TP (mg/100 g | Control | 156.3220.27b | 219.968.88a |
| FW) | R. officinalis | 199.928.72ab | |
| A. sativum | 206.7811.35a | ||
| Antioxidant | Control | 76.731.83a | 71.040.26b |
| (DPPH%) | R. officinalis | 81.131.80a | |
| A. sativum | 77.161.43a | ||
| Anthocyanin | Control | 13.122.06a | 14.212.01a |
| (mg/100 g FW) | R. officinalis | 17.763.75a | |
| A. sativum | 17.060.98a | ||
| POD | Control | 0.0940.06c | 0.600.03a |
| (U min–1 g–1 FW) | R. officinalis | 0.450.07b | |
| A. sativum | 0.620.02a |
Means ± standard error with different letters are significantly different (P ≤ 0.05) according to Tukey test.