Table 1.
Changes in skin color of or iental melon according to the different packaging systems during storage

Parameters		Storage time (day)4)
		0	1	3	5	7	10	14	17	21
		Hunter ‘L’ value	Control1)	72.64±0.09^a5)	72.23±0.03^a	72.16±0.02^a	69.52±0.17^a	69.16±0.06^a	68.08±0.14^b	68.02±0.53^b	67.63±0.23^b	67.59±0.58^b
Ice pack2)	72.43±0.10^a		72.36±0.02^a	72.17±0.09^a	72.03±0.10^a	71.67±0.11^a	71.45±0.19a^b	71.15±0.23a^b	70.67±0.07a^b	70.62±0.10a^b
Ice pack+Al board3)	72.65±0.12^a		72.46±0.03^a	72.43±0.02^a	72.44±0.11^a	72.41±0.09^a	72.35±0.18^a	72.32±0.19^a	71.43±0.03^a	71.26±0.16^a
Hunter ‘a’ value	Control	-8.22±0.01^c	-8.34±0.03^c	-8.66±0.09^c	-8.68±0.01^c	-8.73±0.01^c	-8.76±0.03^c	-8.83±0.03^c	-8.92±0.04^c	-8.96±0.14^c
	Ice pack	-8.23±0.01^c	-8.25±0.02^c	-8.33±0.05^c	-8.37±0.03^c	-8.42±0.04^c	-8.45±0.02^c	-8.51±0.05^c	-8.53±0.03^c	-8.57±0.15^c
	Ice pack+Al boar^d	-8.22±0.06^c	-8.22±0.03^c	-8.26±0.02^c	-8.37±0.10^c	-8.38±0.07^c	-8.43±0.01^c	-8.43±0.04^c	-8.45±0.03^c	-8.47±0.12^c
Hunter ‘b’ value	Control	61.05±0.04^d	60.26±0.16^d	58.83±0.19^d	57.37±0.18^d	55.02±0.23e	54.24±0.22e	53.96±0.05e	53.34±0.12e	52.71±0.16e
	Ice pack	60.74±0.22^d	60.15±0.11^d	59.86±0.02^d	59.23±0.34^d	58.32±0.12^de	58.02±0.01^de	57.22±0.18^de	56.73±0.22^de	55.54±0.18^d
	Ice pack+Al boar^d	61.02±0.13^d	60.54±0.12^d	60.15±0.09^d	59.89±0.08^d	59.83±0.08^d	59.63±0.03^d	58.92±0.07^d	58.01±0.11^d	57.95±0.05^d

Oriental melons packaged in the corrugated box only
Oriental melons packaged in the corrugated box with ice pack
Oriental melons packaged in the corrugated box with ice pack and aluminum coated board
Evaluation was conducted by the respective sample sizes (n=10) at each treatment.
Mean values with different letters within a column indicates significant differences for each group by Duncan's multiple range test (p<0.05).