Table 2
Changes of color value in bell pepper during storage at different conditions

Storage period(days) Treatment1) Color vale
L a b △E
0 BPC 35.48±1.57E2) -8.01±1.21E 16.46±2.98C -
BPT-5 35.48±1.57A -8.01±1.21D 16.46±2.98AB -
BPT-10 35.48±1.57BC -8.01±1.21EF 16.46±2.98CD -
3 BPC 34.50±1.55E -4.33±1.54DE 15.10±2.22C 4.56±1.90D
BPT-5 34.32±2.52B -3.01±0.93ABC 14.57±2.38B 6.11±1.78AB
BPT-10 34.51±1.64BC -3.33±2.41DE 15.61±4.73D 6.16±3.41DE
6 BPC 34.50±1.87CDa3) -3.02±1.97Da 15.01±2.65C 5.98±2.01Fa
BPT-5 35.00±1.90Ba -4.80±1.24Cb 18.11±4.13A 6.17±1.26ABa
BPT-10 35.27±1.90BCa -8.50±0.62Fc 17.71±3.77CD 3.37±2.41Eb
9 BPC 36.80±1.39CDa -6.30±0.99DEab 17.37±2.30BCb 3.29±1.17Db
BPT-5 34.89±2.17ABb -4.90±2.55Ca 14.44±3.39Bc 5.23±2.30Ba
BPT-10 36.58±1.35BCab -7.91±3.57EFb 20.17±2.06BCDa 5.19±1.87Ea
12 BPC 36.06±2.61CDEab 4.62±8.26Ca 16.97±3.82Cb 13.33±7.76Ca
BPT-5 34.83±1.83ABb -2.49±1.14ABb 14.30±3.42Bb 6.71±2.00ABb
BPT-10 37.68±3.67BCb -1.03±6.70CDb 21.26±4.75BCa 10.15±6.52CDab
15 BPC 42.19±2.65Aa 16.93±6.11Ca 24.64±3.20Aa 27.43±5.33Ba
BPT-5 34.31±1.84ABb -3.77±2.28BCc 16.52±3.42ABb 5.62±2.20Bc
BPT-10 35.06±4.80BCb 2.37±5.34Cb 23.70±6.99Ba 14.50±5.83Cb
18 BPC 40.19±2.25Bb 30.73±5.27Aa 24.46±4.11Ab 40.01±5.37Aa
BPT-5 35.90±1.9Ac -1.40±3.9Ac 13.76±4.08Bc 8.23±3.73Ac
BPT-10 45.23±3.29Aa 13.90±9.11Bb 35.08±7.26Aa 31.38±7.79Bb
21 BPC 37.62±2.8Cb 32.73±6.0Aac 19.7±4.01Ba 41.18±5.75Aa
BPT-5 35.10±1.4ABc -3.91±1.4Cc 16.09±3.00ABb 5.05±1.56Bc
BPT-10 47.02±2.00Aa 17.26±5.13Ab 40.62±4.16Aa 37.06±4.76Ab
BPC, Control; BPT-5, bell pepper in thermoelectric cooling system with developed 5℃ PCM; BPC-10, bell pepper in thermoelectric cooling system with developed 10℃ PCM.
Values with different capital letters (A~F) among bell pepper of same storage day of different treatments are significantly different at p<0.05 based on Duncan's multiple range test.
Values with different capital letters (a~c) among bell pepper of same treatments during storage days are significantly different at p<0.05 based on Duncan's multiple range test.