Abstract
The effect of cultivar, maturity stage and multi-pads evaporative cooling on sugar content, weight loss and marketability of tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) was investigated. The experiment was conducted by combining cultivars, maturity stages and storage conditions in randomized complete block design. At harvest, Marglobe harvested at light-red stage showed higher total sugar and reducing sugar content compared to those in Roma VF, whereas the lowest total sugar and reducing sugar content were recorded in Roma VF harvested in mature-green stage. The overall total sugar and reducing sugar content of tomato fruit was maintained better in Roma VF harvested at mature-green and turning stages than Marglobe harvested at mature-green stage when stored under multiple pads evaporative cooling conditions. The cooling system maintained higher concentration of sugars, lower water loss and higher marketability during storage when compared to storage under ambient conditions. This study clearly demonstrated the importance of integrated agro-technology of combining cultivar, maturity stage and storage environment in shelf life improvement of tomato by reducing the rate of ripening and utilization of sugar, reducing water loss and maintaining marketability.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Light-red Marglobe had higher total and reducing sugars at harvest than Roma VF.
Verbatim
e0“At harvest, Marglobe harvested at light-red stage showed higher total sugar and reducing sugar content compared to those in Roma VF”
Claim · model-written summary
Roma VF harvested mature-green had the lowest total and reducing sugar content.
Verbatim
e0“the lowest total sugar and reducing sugar content were recorded in Roma VF harvested in mature-green stage”
Claim · model-written summary
Under evaporative cooling, mature-green and turning Roma VF retained total and reducing sugars better than mature-green Marglobe.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Material
- Roma VFe0
- Organ / stage
- fruite0
- Treatment
- multiple pads evaporative cooling conditionse0
- Outcome
- total sugar and reducing sugar contente0
- Direction
- maintained bettere0
- Comparator
- Marglobe harvested at mature-green stagee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The overall total sugar and reducing sugar content of tomato fruit was maintained better in Roma VF harvested at mature-green and turning stages than Marglobe harvested at mature-green stage when stored under multiple pads evaporative cooling conditions.”
Claim · model-written summary
Cooling maintained higher tomato sugar concentration than ambient storage.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- cooling systeme0
- Outcome
- concentration of sugarse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- storage under ambient conditionse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“tomato”
e0“The cooling system maintained higher concentration of sugars, lower water loss and higher marketability during storage when compared to storage under ambient conditions.”
Claim · model-written summary
Cooling reduced tomato water loss relative to ambient storage.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- cooling systeme0
- Outcome
- water losse0
- Direction
- lowere0
- Comparator
- storage under ambient conditionse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“tomato”
e0“The cooling system maintained higher concentration of sugars, lower water loss and higher marketability during storage when compared to storage under ambient conditions.”
Claim · model-written summary
Cooling maintained higher tomato marketability relative to ambient storage.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- cooling systeme0
- Outcome
- marketabilitye0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- storage under ambient conditionse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“tomato”
e0“The cooling system maintained higher concentration of sugars, lower water loss and higher marketability during storage when compared to storage under ambient conditions.”
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