Abstract
The Zero Energy Cool Chamber (ZECC) is the needed evaporative cooling system introduced as one of the economical small scale on-farm storage in Afghanistan for enhancing the shelf life of tomato and other fresh crops. Tomato is one of the highest value crops, and due to excellent flavor, higher juice, and pulp content of tomato fruits of “Pearson” variety makes it further valuable. Hence, this study aims to understand the effect of ZECC and postharvest treatments on shelf life and quality of tomato’s fruits harvested at turning and light red colors’ stages. Fruits were treated with different concentrations of CaCl2 and mint leaf extract solutions and kept in both ZECC and ambient storages. The shelf life of tomato fruits extended up to 29 days under T4 (turning color fruits + 6% CaCl2 + ZECC). Under the same treatment, the highest firmness as 840.0 grcm-2 and the lowest PLW, Decay Losses and TSS were recorded as 1.80%, 0.0% and 4.400 brix, respectively; on the 20th day of the storage. The lowest shelf life under T11 (Light red color fruits + distilled water dip + Ambient condition) was about 8 days. As a result, the ZECC as an evaporative cooling system significantly enhanced the shelf life and maintained the quality of tomato fruits harvested at the turning color stage treated with 6% CaCl2.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Tomato shelf life extended up to 29 days under turning-colour fruits with 6% CaCl2 in ZECC.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume1 - Material
- Pearsone3
- Organ / stage
- turning color fruitse1
- Treatment
- turning color fruits + 6% CaCl2 + ZECCe1
- Outcome
- shelf lifee1
- Direction
- extendede1
- Value
- 29 dayse1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“The shelf life of tomato fruits extended up to 29 days under T4 (turning color fruits + 6% CaCl2 + ZECC)”
e3“tomato fruits of “Pearson” variety”
Claim · model-written summary
Tomato firmness reached a maximum of 840.0 grcm-2 under the T4 treatment on day 20.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- turning color fruits + 6% CaCl2 + ZECCe1
- Outcome
- firmnesse2
- Direction
- higheste2
- Value
- 840.0 grcm-2e2
- Qualifier
- 20th day of the storagee2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“The shelf life of tomato fruits extended up to 29 days under T4 (turning color fruits + 6% CaCl2 + ZECC)”
e2“Under the same treatment, the highest firmness as 840.0 grcm-2 and the lowest PLW, Decay Losses and TSS were recorded as 1.80%, 0.0% and 4.400 brix, respectively; on the 20th day of the storage”
Claim · model-written summary
Tomato physiological weight loss (PLW) was lowest at 1.80% under the T4 treatment on day 20.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- turning color fruits + 6% CaCl2 + ZECCe1
- Outcome
- PLWe2
- Direction
- loweste2
- Value
- 1.80%e2
- Qualifier
- 20th day of the storagee2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“The shelf life of tomato fruits extended up to 29 days under T4 (turning color fruits + 6% CaCl2 + ZECC)”
e2“Under the same treatment, the highest firmness as 840.0 grcm-2 and the lowest PLW, Decay Losses and TSS were recorded as 1.80%, 0.0% and 4.400 brix, respectively; on the 20th day of the storage”
Claim · model-written summary
Decay losses of tomato were lowest at 0.0% under the T4 treatment on day 20.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- turning color fruits + 6% CaCl2 + ZECCe1
- Outcome
- Decay Lossese2
- Direction
- loweste2
- Value
- 0.0%e2
- Qualifier
- 20th day of the storagee2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“The shelf life of tomato fruits extended up to 29 days under T4 (turning color fruits + 6% CaCl2 + ZECC)”
e2“Under the same treatment, the highest firmness as 840.0 grcm-2 and the lowest PLW, Decay Losses and TSS were recorded as 1.80%, 0.0% and 4.400 brix, respectively; on the 20th day of the storage”
Claim · model-written summary
Tomato total soluble solids (TSS) were lowest at 4.400 brix under the T4 treatment on day 20.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- turning color fruits + 6% CaCl2 + ZECCe1
- Outcome
- TSSe2
- Direction
- loweste2
- Value
- 4.400 brixe2
- Qualifier
- 20th day of the storagee2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“The shelf life of tomato fruits extended up to 29 days under T4 (turning color fruits + 6% CaCl2 + ZECC)”
e2“Under the same treatment, the highest firmness as 840.0 grcm-2 and the lowest PLW, Decay Losses and TSS were recorded as 1.80%, 0.0% and 4.400 brix, respectively; on the 20th day of the storage”
Claim · model-written summary
Tomato shelf life under light-red fruits with distilled water dip at ambient storage was lowest, about 8 days.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- Light red color fruits + distilled water dip + Ambient conditione4
- Outcome
- shelf lifee4
- Direction
- loweste4
- Value
- about 8 dayse4
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“The shelf life of tomato fruits extended up to 29 days under T4 (turning color fruits + 6% CaCl2 + ZECC)”
e4“The lowest shelf life under T11 (Light red color fruits + distilled water dip + Ambient condition) was about 8 days”
Claim · model-written summary
ZECC significantly enhanced tomato shelf life at the turning colour stage with 6% CaCl2.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume5
- Treatment
- ZECCe5
- Outcome
- shelf lifee5
- Direction
- significantly enhancede5
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e5“the ZECC as an evaporative cooling system significantly enhanced the shelf life and maintained the quality of tomato fruits harvested at the turning color stage treated with 6% CaCl2”
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