2.4.1. Physiological loss in weight (PLW)
The weight of all the eight fruits in an individual treatment was
recorded on scientific weighing machine (Denver Instrument APX60; d ¼ 0. 1 mg) at 0 day and thereafter 2 days interval, and it was
expressed as the g/100 g loss of the initial weight as per the method
of Chitravathi et al. (2014).