Table 3.
The quality parameters of the apples uncoated and coated with alginate biofilms after 28 days storage at 2 °C.
| Treatments | Weight Loss (%) |
Firmness (N) |
Extract (%) |
Titratable Acidity 1 (g L−1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CP | 1.75 ± 0.37 a | 53.4 ± 4.3 a | 13.3 ± 0.3 a | 5.34 ± 0.10 a |
| CPA | 0.93 ± 0.12 bc | 57.2 ± 5.7 a | 14.2 ± 0.4 b | 4.96 ± 0.26 ab |
| PAW | 0.82 ± 0.15 b | 55.6 ± 3.2 a | 13.7 ± 0.5 ab | 5.63 ± 0.11 c |
| PAP | 1.17 ± 0.20 c | 56.1 ± 2.7 a | 13.9 ± 0.2 b | 4.77 ± 0.12 b |
| CB | 1.80 ± 0.28 A | 55.5 ± 3.3 A | 13.6 ± 0.3 A | 5.64 ± 0.18 A |
| CBA | 0.98 ± 0.15 B | 57.0 ± 6.1 A | 14.0 ± 0.2 B | 4.79 ± 0.38 B |
| BAW | 1.10 ± 0.18 B | 56.1 ± 3.1 A | 13.9 ± 0.3 AB | 5.55 ± 0.04 A |
| BAP | 1.09 ± 0.15 B | 55.1 ± 5.4 A | 13.6 ± 0.2 AB | 5.75 ± 0.08 A |
CP: fruit inoculated with P. italicum; CPA: fruit inoculated with P. italicum, coated with alginate; PAW: fruit inoculated with P. italicum, coated with alginate containing W. anomalus; PAP: fruit inoculated with P. italicum, coated with alginate containing P. membranifaciens; CB: fruit inoculated with B. cinerea; CBA: fruit inoculated with B. cinerea, coated with alginate; BAW: fruit inoculated with B. cinerea, coated with alginate containing W. anomalus; BAP: fruit inoculated with B. cinerea, coated with alginate containing P. membranifaciens; 1–expressed as g⋅L−1 of malic acid; a–c, A,B: values with different superscript roman letters in the same column are significantly different (p < 0.05).