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

Table 4

Effect of type of porous material used in ZECC on firmness (N) of white sapote fruit.

Porous materials	Storage period (days)
	3rd	6th	9th	12th	15th	18th
Sand	79.39 ± 1.49^a	74.32 ± 1.40^a	59.41 ± 1.13^a	47.17 ± 0.85^a	30.26 ± 0.84^a	13.08 ± 0.28^a
Sawdust	76.14 ± 0.87^b	65.90 ± 1.99^b	58.07 ± 1.01^a	46.99 ± 0.85^a	31.77 ± 0.95^a	11.97 ± 0.86^a
Charcoal	72.67 ± 0.73^c	66.71 ± 1.07^b	58.07 ± 1.08^a	47.08 ± 0.85^a	30.35 ± 0.89^a	12.46 ± 0.29^a
Ambient	65.68 ± 1.22^d	44.06 ± 2.64^c	40.85 ± 3.21^b	33.02 ± 0.50^b	—	—
LSD	2.84	5.47	5.20	3.92	5.10	3.11
CV	4.01	9.06	9.99	11.55	8.15	19.89

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