seen that peel browning occurrence in the control showed a sharp increase in the initial 50 days of storage, then
gradually increased after that, and the level was more than 25%; in the contemporary, peel browning occurrence
of pears treated by LTC for 1 d was increased remarkably, reaching 15% at last; however, peel browning occurrence
of LTC for 3, 6, and 9 d was less than 4%, which was significantly different than that of the control and 1
d treatment (P < 0.05), although, no significant differences in these three treatments were found (P > 0.05).
For peel browning index, all treatments showed a more lower value than that of the control (P < 0.05) where
the peel browning index reached about 0.3, whereas, every treatment was less than 0.05.
Peel browning was a key limited factor influencing Huangguan pears marketing [4] [5]. The above results indicated
LTC treatment was efficiently to control peel browning of Huangguan pears, and treatment for 3, 6, and
9 days was more effective.