Post-harvest assessment of fruit quality and shelf life of two elite tomato varieties cultivated in Bangladesh

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 6 Combined effect of varieties and postharvest treatments on moisture content and dry matter content of tomato during storage and ripening

Treatment combination	Dry matter content (%) at different DAS			Moisture content (%) at different DAS
Treatment combination	4	8	12	4	8	12
V₁T₁	12.20	13.96	15.38	87.80	86.04	84.62
V₁T₂	12.20	13.70	15.12	87.80	86.30	84.88
V₁T₃	10.93	11.93	12.92	89.07	88.07	87.08
V₁T₄	10.47	11.37	12.72	89.53	88.63	87.28
V₁T₅	9.83	10.43	11.85	90.17	89.57	88.15
V₁T₆	9.73	10.18	10.71	90.27	89.82	89.29
V₁T₇	9.07	9.82	10.58	90.93	90.18	89.42
V₁T₈	10.27	11.00	12.33	89.73	89.00	87.67
V₂T₁	8.90	10.88	11.80	91.10	89.12	88.20
V₂T₂	8.30	10.03	11.75	91.70	89.97	88.25
V₂T₃	8.20	10.00	11.68	91.80	90.00	88.32
V₂T₄	8.13	9.96	11.68	91.87	90.04	88.32
V₂T₅	7.80	8.42	9.41	92.20	91.58	90.59
V₂T₆	7.54	8.30	9.10	92.46	91.70	90.90
V₂T₇	7.33	8.20	9.00	92.67	91.80	91.00
V₂T₈	7.97	9.02	10.17	92.03	90.98	89.83
LSD_0.05	0.881	0.650	0.806	0.573	0.473	0.913
LSD_0.01	1.187	0.876	1.085	0.772	0.637	1.231
Level of significance	*	**	**	**	**	**

* and ** indicate 5% and 1 % level of significance. V1: Roma VF, V2: Sofol, T1: Control, T2: Fruits stored at 10°C temperature, T3: Fruits stored at 15°C temperature, T4: Hot water treatment (55°C) for 4 min, T5: tomato stored in earthen cooling pot, T6: Fruits stored in food grade plastic film, T7: Fruits stored in unperforated plastic bags, T8: Fruits stored in perforated plastic bags