The incidence of gray mold was evaluated at 4, 7, 12, 16, 19
and 22 days after storage. Data on disease incidence were used to
calculate the area under the rot progress curve (AURPC)
following Shaner and Finney (1977). The AURPC data were
analyzed to verify the assumptions of normality, homogeneity
and independence of experimental error. An analysis of variance
and a Tukey's test at a 5% significance level were performed using
SAS software.