Table 2
Changes in Hunter’s color values of tomatoes dur ing storage

L a b ΔE
Storageperiods(day) Open MAP Open MAP Open MAP Open MAP
0 34.7±1.01)a2) 4.4±3.4f 12.7±0.4c 0.0
7 32.5±0.8b 32.7±1.1b 9.9±1.3d 8.4±2.0e 13.7±0.6b 14.3±0.7a 6.1 4.7
14 31.7±0.8c 32.5±1.1b 28.1±2.8a 19.2±4.2c 10.8±0.6e 11.6±0.6d 24.1 15.2
21 31.9±0.9c 32.4±0.9b 29.1±3.1a 22.3±2.9b 10.2±0.4f 10.0±1.7g 18.2
1)The values represent mean±SD for six experiments.
2)a-gDifferent superscripts within each Hunter’s values indicate significant differences at p<0.05 by Duncan’s multiple range test.