Figs. 2–3 show the development of fungal decay of cucumbers during three weeks of storage at 10 ± 1 °C, expressed as the percentage of visibly infected samples out of the total amount of stored samples.The decay of fruit increased gradually with storage interval. The rate of decay developmentwas higher in control fruit comparedwith T1 and T2 coated cucumbers (P ≤ 0.05) (Fig. 2). Uncoated cucumbers showed signs of fungal decay at the sixth day of storage at 10 ± 1 °C (Fig. 2). After 9 days of storage, 31.5% of uncoated fruit was infected by molds while no sign of fungal decay could be detected by visual inspection for both coated fruit. At day 21, the decay percentage of cucumbers
treated with T2 (13.38%) was significantly less than that of T1 treated (44.87%) and control sample (100%) (P ≤ 0.05). It can be concluded that T1 and T2 coating were efficient for preserving the quality of cucumbers during cold storage. However, the T2 can be considered the most efficient antifungal since it had a lower decay level as compared to the control and T1 treatment. Fig. 3 shows the appearance of control cucumbers and fruit coated with T1 and T2. It can be easily observed that control fruit are largely contaminated by molds at day 15 whereas T2-coated cucumbers kept a good hydrated, green-colored appearance even at day 21, which implies a promising attribute for consumption.