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

Table 5

Effect of type of porous materials used in ZECC on TSS% of white sapote fruit.

Porous materials	Storage period (days)
	3rd	6th	9th	12th	15th	18th
Sand	13.82 ± 0.64^b	13.96 ± 0.71^b	16.26 ± 0.64^b	17.60 ± 0.71^b	19.15 ± 0.82^a	20.41 ± 0.40^a
Sawdust	13.96 ± 0.76^b	14.31 ± 0.60^b	16.56 ± 0.83^b	17.93 ± 0.64^b	18.95 ± 0.99^a	20.70 ± 0.68^a
Charcoal	13.71 ± 0.58^b	13.77 ± 0.62^b	16.04 ± 1.07^b	17.99 ± 0.72^b	19.17 ± 0.95^a	20.71 ± 0.56^a
Ambient	14.95 ± 0.51^a	16.65 ± 1.60^a	18.39 ± 1.29^a	19.07 ± 0.49^a	—	—
LSD	0.50	0.74	0.90	0.73	0.60	0.71
CV	3.71	5.20	5.55	3.65	3.23	2.77

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