NO fumigation of higher than 5LL−1 significantly delayed fruit softening up
to 2 d and retarded colour development, and fumigation after 2 and 4 weeks of cold storage significantly
delayed the increase in total sugar and fructose concentrations at the full ripe stage. All NO fumigation
treatments significantly increased tartaric and shikimic acids during ripening in 2- and 4-week coldstored
fruit, except for the 5LL−1 treatment in 2-week stored fruit. NO fumigation treatments did not
significantly influence the concentrations of sucrose, glucose, total acid, citric, malic, fumaric, ascorbic
acid, carotenoids in pulp and total antioxidant (in pulp and skin), as compared to non-fumigated fruit in
both storage periods