Table 4.
Effect of different treatments on ‘Thomson navel’ orange fruit decay (%) during storage at 5 °C
| Treatment | Storage time (day) | Mean | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 14 | 21 | 28 | ||
| Control | 0.0±0.00 a* | 55.6±38.49 a | 77.8±19.24 b | 100.0±0.00 a | 58.3±42.93 AB† |
| ET | 0.0±0.00 a | 55.6±19.24 a | 88.8±19.24 a | 100.0±0.00 a | 61.1±42.24 A |
| SH | 0.0±0.00 a | 0.0±0.00 b | 66.7±0.00 c | 88.8±19.24 a | 38.8±42.24 B |
| CW | 0.0±0.00 a | 0.0±0.00 b | 0.0±0.00 d | 0.0±0.00 c | 0.0±0.00 D |
| CF | 0.0±0.00 a | 0.0±0.00 b | 0.0±0.00 d | 0.0±0.00 c | 0.0±0.00 D |
| CF+CW | 0.0±0.00 a | 0.0±0.00 b | 0.0±0.00 d | 0.0±0.00 c | 0.0±0.00 D |
| 0.3% CEO | 0.0±0.00 a | 0.0±0.00 b | 0.0±0.00 d | 33.3±0.00 b | 8.3±15.07 C |
| 0.4% CEO | 0.0±0.00 a | 0.0±0.00 b | 0.0±0.00 d | 33.3±0.00 b | 8.3±15.07 C |
| 0.5% CEO | 0.0±0.00 a | 0.0±0.00 b | 0.0±0.00 d | 11.1±19.24 c | 2.8±9.62 CD |
| 0.6% CEO | 0.0±0.00 a | 0.0±0.00 b | 0.0±0.00 d | 11.1±19.24 c | 2.8±9.62 CD |
| 0.3% CEO+SH | 0.0±0.00 a | 0.0±0.00 b | 0.0±0.00 d | 33.3±0.00 b | 8.3±15.07 C |
| 0.4% CEO+SH | 0.0±0.00 a | 0.0±0.00 b | 0.0±0.00 d | 11.1±19.24 c | 2.8±9.62 CD |
| 0.5% CEO+SH | 0.0±0.00 a | 0.0±0.00 b | 0.0±0.00 d | 0.0±0.00 c | 0.0±0.00 D |
| 0.6% CEO+SH | 0.0±0.00 a | 0.0±0.00 b | 0.0±0.00 d | 0.0±0.00 c | 0.0±0.00 D |
| 0.3% CEOSH | 0.0±0.00 a | 0.0±0.00 b | 0.0±0.00 d | 33.3±0.00 b | 8.3±15.07 C |
| 0.4% CEOSH | 0.0±0.00 a | 0.0±0.00 b | 0.0±0.00 d | 33.3±0.00 b | 8.3±15.07 C |
| 0.5% CEOSH | 0.0±0.00 a | 0.0±0.00 b | 0.0±0.00 d | 11.1±19.24 c | 2.8±9.62 CD |
| 0.6% CEOSH | 0.0±0.00 a | 0.0±0.00 b | 0.0±0.00 d | 11.1±19.24 c | 2.8±9.62 CD |
| Mean | 0.0±0.00 D† | 6.2±19.32 C | 12.9±29.68 B | 28.4±34.77 A | |
| A of V GLM | DF | Mean Sq | Significance | ||
| Treatment (T) | 17 | 4639.312** | P=0.01 | ||
| Storage duration (Sd) | 3 | 7002.743** | P=0.01 | ||
| T × Sd | 51 | 829.904** | P=0.01 | ||
| Error b | 102 | 64.653 | |||
ET 1.5% ethanol, SH 10% shellac, CW commercial wax, CF 0.5% commercial fungicide, CEO cinnamon essential oil, CEO + SH, CEO and SH separately CEOSH SH enriched with CEO
*Similar letters (lower case) in the same column are not significantly different according to LSD test (P = 0.01).
†Values with capital letters show the differences for mean of treatments and times. The results are presented as the mean ± standard deviation.