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

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 7 Combined effect of varieties and different postharvest treatments on chilling injury level of tomato during storage and ripening

Treatment combination	Chilling injury (c) level at different days after storage
Treatment combination	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	18
V₁T₂	1.00	1.00	1.08	1.17	1.25	1.67	2.28	2.83
V₁T₃	1.00	1.33	1.33	1.42	1.50	1.75	1.92	2.58
V₂T₂	1.08	1.33	1.58	1.50	1.58	1.67	1.92	2.00
V₂T₃	1.00	1.00	1.33	1.42	1.42	1.58	1.58	2.07
LSD_0.05	0.053	0.074	0.105	0.118	0.139	0.074	0.139	0.074
LSD_0.01	0.071	0.100	0.142	0.158	0.187	0.100	0.187	0.100
Level of significance	NS	**	**	**	**	**	NS	**

NS not significant, V1 Roma VF, V2 Sofol, T2 fruits stored at 10 °C temperature, T3 fruits stored at 15 °C temperature
**1 % level of significance