Skin color of pomegranate fruit is one of the most important
quality parameter for marketing which influence consumer appeal
as well as internal aril condition. The lightness values (L*)
decreased in all treatments during the cold storage or after 3 days
at 20 C following the different storage periods. However, the
decrease in L* value was delayed by the MAP1 and
MAP2 treatments compared to the unpackaged control fruit. Fruit
stored for 210 days, L* values decreased from an initial 52.26 at
harvest to 42.85, 46.21 and 50.94 in control, MAP1 and MAP2,
respectively