Table 3.

Commission Internationale de I’Eclairage color parameters of pointed gourd up to acceptance level under different postharvest treatment and packaging conditions.

Treatment	CIE lightness coordinate (L*)		a*		b*		Hue value (h*)		Chroma (C*)
	LT (4°C)	RT (30°C)	LT (4°C)	RT (30°C)	LT (4°C)	RT (30°C)	LT (4°C)	RT (30°C)	LT (4°C)	RT (30°C)
P1C1	39.1 ± 0.4f–i	74.1 ± 4.5	-7.2 ± 0.0a–d	-7.6 ± 0.1ab	17.6 ± 1.5g	20.6 ± 0.2h	19.4 ± 1.2ij	33.9 ± 2.1l	69.8 ± 0.2g	21.9 ± 0.1i
P1C2	35.2 ± 4.3hi	71.8 ± 1.8	-7.1 ± 0.2a–d	-4.9 ± 0.7de	21.5 ± 2.8fg	34.9 ± 0.3abc	23.0 ± 2.7g–j	51.3 ± 0.4a–d	81.8 ± 1.1a–c	35.4 ± 0.2bc
P1C3	44.1 ± 2.2c–g	72.8 ± 0.3	-7.7 ± 0.1a–d	-8.4 ± 0.6ab	24.8 ± 0.7d–g	24.2 ± 1.3fgh	25.8 ± 0.6e–g	44.2 ± 0.8e–j	71.3 ± 0.5fg	25.2 ± 1.1e–i
P1C4	46.7 ± 0.4b–f	85.1 ± 0.6	-2.2 ± 0.2h	-1.5 ± 0.3h	26.4 ± 4.3c–g	22.8 ± 0.2gh	25.2 ± 3.7f–i	40.0 ± 0.1h–l	85.9 ± 0.2a	23.0 ± 0.1hi
P2C1	46.2 ± 0.4b–f	76.2 ± 1.1	-8.3 ± 0.9abc	-6.9 ± 1.1bc	34.4 ± 0.3a–d	27.0 ± 2.6c–h	35.5 ± 0.4a–d	45.1 ± 1.7e–h	77.8 ± 2.9cd	28.8 ± 2.3de
P2C2	49.0 ± 0.6a–e	76.1 ± 0.9	-7.7 ± 0.4a–d	-3.5 ± 0.3efg	31.9 ± 0.9a–e	42.6 ± 0.2a	32.6 ± 0.6cd	56.4 ± 0.8a	85.0 ± 0.7a	42.8 ± 0.2a
P2C3	51.8 ± 1.4a–c	80.8 ± 0.0	-6.3 ± 0.1a–e	-8.8 ± 0.5a	38.7 ± 0.8ab	28.0 ± 2.2c–h	38.9 ± 0.7ab	46.8 ± 1.1d–g	71.9 ± 2.1fg	28.7 ± 1.5d–f
P2C4	34.7 ± 1.9i	83.0 ± 0.0	-2.4 ± 0.2h	-3.3 ± 0.5efg	19.0 ± 0.5g	24.9 ± 0.3e–h	19.3 ± 0.5ij	38.6 ± 0.5i–l	82.7 ± 1.0ab	25.3 ± 0.0e–i
P3C1	52.9 ± 0.7ab	77.8 ± 2.7	-8.0 ± 1.6abc	-7.6 ± 0.8ab	40.2 ± 2.6a	32.9 ± 1.2cde	40.4 ± 1.9a	53.0 ± 5.2a–c	77.0 ± 1.9c–e	33.8 ± 1.0c
P3C2	51.5 ± 1.2a–d	63.6 ± 23.7	-7.2 ± 2.4a–d	-7.2 ± 0.5abc	35.5 ± 2.0abc	34.0 ± 1.0bcd	35.9 ± 1.9a–d	47.8 ± 0.9c–f	77.9 ± 0.3b–d	35.0 ± 1.0bc
P3C3	50.5 ± 7.0a–e	81.1 ± 2.4	-5.7 ± 1.3c–f	-8.1 ± 0.7ab	41.3 ± 4.5a	26.9 ± 0.6c–h	39.6 ± 4.7ab	43.6 ± 3.0f–j	72.7 ± 1.4e–g	28.1 ± 0.3e–g
P3C4	42.6 ± 0.5e–h	80.5 ± 0.2	-3.3 ± 0.2fgh	-2.8 ± 0.2fgh	19.5 ± 0.4g	24.2 ± 0.7fgh	19.7 ± 0.4h–i	37.2 ± 0.4kl	83.6 ± 0.3a	24.4 ± 0.7g–i
P4C1	43.9 ± 1.8c–g	73.9 ± 1.3	-8.5 ± 0.1ab	-7.7 ± 0.6ab	30.5 ± 2.4b–f	32.0 ± 1.5c–f	31.0 ± 2.0d–f	52.3 ± 2.0a–d	77.4 ± 3.0c–e	34.2 ± 3.1c
P4C2	42.8 ± 4.0e–h	76.2 ± 2.3	-7.4 ± 0.4a–d	-4.0 ± 0.4def	32.1 ± 4.3a–e	30.5 ± 8.4c–g	31.8 ± 3.5c–e	44.6 ± 3.8e–i	83.3 ± 2.0a	24.6 ± 1.0f–i
P4C3	48.3 ± 3.6a–e	77.7 ± 6.1	-5.9 ± 2.5b–f	-7.8 ± 0.2ab	35.7 ± 8.3abc	31.6 ± 1.1c–f	37.4 ± 3.2a–c	54.4 ± 0.7ab	76.0 ± 0.1d–f	32.2 ± 0.9cd
P4C4	36.3 ± 0.5g–i	81.8 ± 0.0	-2.7 ± 0.2gh	-1.8 ± 0.1gh	17.7 ± 0.1g	24.0 ± 0.1fgh	17.9 ± 0.1j	41.1 ± 0.1g–k	85.7 ± 0.1a	24.1 ± 0.15g–i
P5C1	50.8 ± 1.1a–d	80.5 ± 2.5	-5.2 ± 0.1d–g	-7.5 ± 0.6ab	36.8 ± 0.5ab	30.1 ± 3.0c–g	37.4 ± 0.4a–c	53.5 ± 4.3a–c	77.0 ± 3.8c–e	35.2 ± 2.5bc
P5C2	49.0 ± 2.9a–e	63.6 ± 23.1	-7.7 ± 2.0a–d	-4.5 ± 0.4def	34.8 ± 0.3abc	41.5 ± 0.5ab	36.5 ± 1.5a–d	54.0 ± 0.7ab	85.5 ± 2.2a	42.3 ± 0.9a
P5C3	56.1 ± 2.2a	77.5 ± 1.8	-8.9 ± 0.9a	-5.5 ± 1.6cd	36.3 ± 8.6ab	34.1 ± 7.1bcd	33.6 ± 2.0b–d	52.2 ± 2.1a–d	84.8 ± 1.6a	38.9 ± 2.3ab
P5C4	35.1 ± 0.1hi	82.7 ± 0.4	-2.6 ± 0.3gh	-1.8 ± 0.1gh	19.3 ± 0.3g	26.5 ± 0.1d–h	19.3 ± 0.1ij	38.2 ± 0.2j–l	85.9 ± 0.1a	26.5 ± 0.1e–h
P6C1	43.8 ± 0.6d–g	70.6 ± 0.1	-8.2 ± 0.2abc	-6.8 ± 0.7bc	23.3 ± 0.7efg	27.9 ± 0.1c–h	24.9 ± 0.7g–i	43.3 ± 1.1f–j	75.9 ± 1.2d–f	28.8 ± 0.2de
P6C2	40.0 ± 4.4f–i	72.1 ± 0.1	-7.6 ± 0.4a–d	-6.8 ± 0.1bc	24.1 ± 0.8efg	31.4 ± 1.4c–f	25.5 ± 0.8f–h	50.1 ± 0.6b–e	78.1 ± 0.4b–d	32.7 ± 1.0cd
P6C3	39.5 ± 2.0f–i	72.0 ± 0.3	-8.2 ± 0.5abc	-7.6 ± 0.5ab	25.0 ± 1.3d–g	27.2 ± 0.6c–h	25.8 ± 1.0e–g	48.4 ± 0.9b–f	74.6 ± 0.6d–g	27.9 ± 0.4e–g
P6C4	37.1 ± 0.6g–i	81.2 ± 0.7	-3.6 ± 0.3e–h	-3.0 ± 0.2fgh	22.8 ± 0.6efg	27.5 ± 2.3c–h	22.8 ± 0.5g–j	40.8 ± 0.2g–k	83.8 ± 0.3a	27.0 ± 2.0e–h
LS	***	NS	***	***	***	***	***	***	***	***

Numeric values (±) are standard deviation, and letters in the same row (a–l) are significant differences.

P₁ and C₁, control; P₂ and P₃, perforated and non-perforated polyethylene (PPE and NPE, respectively); P₄ and P₅, perforated and non-perforated polypropylene (PPP and NPP, respectively); P₆, brown paper (BP); C₂, NaOCl; C₃, KMS; C₄, blanching. (***p < 0.00, NS, not significant).