3. Results
3.1. CI index
The severity of CI increased during fruit ripening at ambient
temperature following cold storage irrespective of NO treatments
(Fig. 1A and B). All NO fumigation treatments except 5 L L−1
reduced the CI index during fruit ripening in 2-week cold-stored
fruit below that in the control (Fig. 1A). Fruit treated with 10 L L−1
NO had the lowest CI at the fully ripe stage following 2 weeks
cold storage as compared to all other treatments. In 4-week coldstored
fruit, all NO fumigation treatments reduced the CI index
at 5 and 6 d of ripening as compared to the control. The CI index
at the fully ripe stage of 4-week stored fruit was lowest with
40 L L−1 NO as compared to all others (Fig. 1B). The interaction
between NO fumigation treatments and ripening period signifi-
cantly affected the CI index during fruit ripening, irrespective of
s storage