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

Table 7

Effect of type of porous material used in ZECC on TA (%) of white sapote fruit.

Porous materials	Storage period (days)
	3rd	6th	9th	12th	15th	18th
Sand	0.30 ± 0.04^ab	0.23 ± 0.06^a	0.22 ± 0.04^ab	0.21 ± 0.03^a	0.22 ± 0.02^a	0.21 ± 0.02^a
Sawdust	0.32 ± 0.06^a	0.31 ± 0.04^b	0.24 ± 0.06^a	0.22 ± 0.02^a	0.22 ± 0.01^a	0.21 ± 0.01^a
Charcoal	0.31 ± 0.05^a	0.23 ± 0.01^a	0.20 ± 0.02^b	0.21 ± 0.03^a	0.22 ± 0.01^a	0.21 ± 0.01^a
Ambient	0.26 ± 0.04^b	0.22 ± 0.02^c	0.17 ± 0.02^c	0.15 ± 0.02^b	—	—
LSD	0.04	0.08	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.01
CV	12.32	11.16	16.16	11.45	5.36	4.91

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