Fruit firmness
Fruit firmness was measured using at least 20 fruits, on
the opposite sides of fruit (blushed and unblushed) using
an EPT-1R pressure tester (Lake City Technical Products,
Canada), equipped with 11.1 mm tip.
Statistical analysis
Results were given as mean ± standard deviation of three
independent determinations. All statistical analyses were
performed with Statistica version 9.1 (StatSoft, Poland).
One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) by Duncan’s test
was used to compare the means. Differences were considered
to be significant at P = 0.05.