Effects of Zero Energy Evaporative Cooling Pads on the White Sapote (Casimiroa edulis L.) Fruit Quality and Storage Life

Table 3

Effect of type of different porous materials on weight loss (%) of white sapote fruit.

Porous materials	Storage period (days)
	3rd	6th	9th	12th	15th	18th
Sand	1.93 ± 0.60^b	3.91 ± 0.76^b	5.45 ± 0.60^b	12.20 ± 1.28^b	13.52 ± 1.76^a	16.91 ± 0.95^a
Sawdust	1.84 ± 0.70^b	3.91 ± 0.43^b	4.93 ± 0.71^b	12.24 ± 0.63^b	13.23 ± 1.69^a	17.02 ± 0.86^a
Charcoal	2.11 ± 0.13^b	4.43 ± 0.77^b	6.09 ± 0.73^b	12.25 ± 1.07^b	14.07 ± 3.07^a	17.21 ± 2.40^a
Ambient	3.24 ± 0.12^a	12.05 ± 0.66^a	17.10 ± 1.91^a	19.33 ± 0.26^a	—	—
LSD	0.87	4.12	1.88	3.69	1.98	2.04
CV	15.64	13.86	15.63	9.30	14.85	9.23

CV = coefficient of variation; LSD = least significance difference. Similar superscript letters letter have no significant difference.