Effect of Coating and Coated Paperboard Packaging on the Quality of Grapes and Apple during Storage

Table 4

Decay incidence of apples during storage.

Fruit	Treatment	Storage (day)
		0	7	15	21	28	35
Apples	Control	1 ± 0.00^Ae	1 ± 0.00^Ae	1.53 ± 0.15^Ad	4.1 ± 0.20^Ac	4.5 ± 0.10^Ab	5.00 ± 0.08^Aa
	PWB-coated apples	1 ± 0.00^Ae	1 ± 0.00^Ae	1.00 ± 0.10^Bd	2.23 ± 0.06^Cc	2.48 ± 0.06^Cb	3.07 ± 0.12^Ca
	AVG-coated apples	1 ± 0.00^Ad	1 ± 0.00^Ad	1.00 ± 0.10^Bd	2.73 ± 0.12^Bc	3.27 ± 0.12^Bb	4.10 ± 0.10^Ba

Note. The data are presented as mean ± SD. Values with different superscript lowercase letters within a row and uppercase letters within a column are statistically significant from each other ().