Preservation of Postharvest Quality of Leafy Amaranth (Amaranthus spp.) Vegetables Using Evaporative Cooling

Table 1

Physiological weight loss (% of the initial weight) in amaranth vegetables (Amaranth spp.) stored in the zero energy brick cooler (ZEBC) and evaporative charcoal cooler (ECC) under ambient room conditions.

Storage option	Days in storage
	0	2	5	8
ZEBC	0
ECC	0
Ambient room	0			–
LSD		1.56	12.12	9.20
CV%		11.7	14.8	36.8
Significance		ns		ns

Means within each column followed by different letters differ significantly at . different at .