Fig. 2. Number of panelists selecting greater tomato aroma in two paired-comparison sensory panels (n = 30 panelists). (a) Comparison between MeSA treatment and control,
(b) comparison between MeJA treatment and control, (c) between chilling alone and MeSA+ chilling treatment and (d) between chilling alone and MeJA + chilling treatment.
‘FL 47’ tomato fruit harvested at mature green stage were gassed by ethylene to initiate ripening prior to treating by MeJA, MeSA and/or chilling. Fruit were evaluated after
ripening at 20 C. Different letters on the top of the columns indicate significant difference at p < 0.2 level.