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

Table 8

Effect of type of porous material used in ZECC on ascorbic acid (mg/100 g).

Porous materials	Storage period (days)
	3rd	6th	9th	12th	15th	18th
Sand	33.54 ± 1.31^a	30.79 ± 1.35^a	30.87 ± 1.74^a	29.82 ± 0.48^a	28.42 ± 1.01^a	26.78 ± 0.63^a
Sawdust	33.54 ± 1.05^a	31.36 ± 1.18^a	30.14 ± 0.87^a	29.74 ± 0.38^a	28.05 ± 1.14^a	27.36 ± 0.59^a
Charcoal	33.44 ± 1.18^a	30.75 ± 1.03^a	30.40 ± 1.47^a	29.69 ± 0.40^a	28.22 ± 1.10^a	27.30 ± 0.72^a
Ambient	32.29 ± 0.56^b	29.52 ± 1.17^b	28.65 ± 0.43^b	27.46 ± 0.29^b	—	—
LSD	0.87	0.88	0.75	0.47	0.85	0.83
CV	2.54	4.54	4.13	1.25	3.09	8.45

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