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

Table 6

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

Porous materials	Storage period (days)
	3rd	6th	9th	12th	15th	18th
Sand	5.05 ± 0.19^c	5.20 ± 0.14^b	5.37 ± 0.12^b	5.50 ± 0.11^b	5.62 ± 0.137^a	5.78 ± 0.06^a
Sawdust	5.15 ± 0.15^b	5.19 ± 0.33^b	5.36 ± 0.23^b	5.44 ± 0.14^b	5.60 ± 0.09^a	5.73 ± 0.09^a
Charcoal	5.23 ± 0.16^bc	5.29 ± 0.20^a	5.41 ± 0.15^b	5.45 ± 0.09^b	5.67 ± 0.173^a	5.83 ± 0.16^a
Ambient	5.33 ± 0.09^a	5.41 ± 0.17^a	5.57 ± 0.18^a	5.66 ± 0.07^a	—	—
LSD	0.10	0.15	0.13	0.13	0.11	0.15
CV	1.98	2.87	2.38	2.0	1.97	1.92

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