Results and DiscussionFirmnessFigure 1 shows the effect of postharvest storageof cantaloupe on the firmness of the fresh-cut storedat 2°C and 87% RH for 19 days. The cantaloupesthat were processed into fresh-cut after one (W1) andtwo (W2) weeks storage at 10°C and 90±5% RH hadidentical loss of firmness with 37% each (expressedas a percentage of the initial values). Storing thefruit for three weeks (W3) at 10°C before freshcutprocessing reduced the firmness by 20% whichindicates a better survival. These large differencesin the percentage loss were markedly affected by thefruits and sample storage duration. The initial valueof the samples prepared at week three was 6.61 Nless significant (P<0.05) than the week one andweek two samples which gave results of 9.55 N and8.44 N, respectively. This indicates that the firmnessof the fresh-cut samples decreased as postharvest storage of the cantaloupe increased. By the end ofthe sample storage period, the firmness values werealmost identical and were not significantly different(approximately 5 N) from each other. However, thetissue softening of the fresh-cut samples preparedafter one and two weeks of fruit storage significantlydecreased (P<0.05), while the week three samplesremained stable for 19 days. The decreasing lineartrend shown in Figure 1 was affected by the storageduration of the fresh-cut cantaloupe. From Table1, mean values of firmness of fresh-cut cantaloupeลดลงอย่างมีนัยสำคัญจาก 8.44 N เป็น 5.97 N เป็นระยะเวลาการเก็บหลังการเก็บเกี่ยวเพิ่มขึ้น นี้บ่งชี้ว่า การหน่วงเวลาก่อนตัดการประมวลผลการสุกหลังการเก็บเกี่ยวผลในคุณภาพผิวการลดระยะเวลาเก็บตัวอย่าง
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