Impact of gelatin, lemongrass oil and peppermint oil on storability and fruit quality of Samany date palm under cold storage

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 4 Effect of gelatin, lemongrass oil and peppermint oil on the total soluble solid percentage (TSS %) of Samany date palm fruits stored at 0.0 °C ± 2 during two experimental seasons

	Storage periods (days)
	0	15	30	45	60	75	Mean
Treatment	2016
Control	21.70	21.93	22.76	23.20	23.97	24.27	22.97 a
Gelatin 1%	21.70	21.90	22.20	23.10	23.68	24.20	22.80 ab
Gelatin 2%	21.70	21.87	22.25	22.87	23.50	24.10	22.71 ab
Gelatin 4%	21.70	21.80	22.10	22.80	23.30	24.10	22.63 ab
Lemongrass oil 0.25%	21.70	21.75	21.97	22.37	23.03	24.03	22.48 b
Lemongrass oil 0.50%	21.70	21.70	21.90	22.30	23.10	23.97	22.44 b
Peppermint oil 5%	21.70	21.80	22.13	22.77	23.00	24.10	22.58 ab
Peppermint oil 10%	21.70	21.80	22.10	22.70	23.10	24.07	22.58 ab
Mean	21.70 E	21.82 E	22.18 D	22.76 C	23.34 B	24.10 A
L.S.D for the interaction effect between treatments and storage periods at 5% = 1.003
Treatment	2017
Control	21.77	22.27	23.37	24.03	25.17	25.20	23.63 a
Gelatin 1%	21.77	22.20	22.93	23.77	24.80	25.10	23.43 ab
Gelatin 2%	21.77	22.20	22.87	23.50	24.53	25.00	23.31 ab
Gelatin 4%	21.77	22.00	22.80	23.50	24.80	24.90	23.29 ab
Lemongrass oil 0.25%	21.77	22.00	22.73	23.27	24.10	24.37	23.04 b
Lemongrass oil 0.50%	21.77	21.97	22.75	23.20	24.00	24.30	23.00 b
Peppermint oil 5%	21.77	22.13	23.10	23.47	24.37	24.53	23.23 ab
Peppermint oil 10%	21.77	22.10	23.10	23.28	24.30	24.53	23.18 ab
Mean	21.77 E	22.11 D	22.96 C	23.50 B	24.51 A	24.74 A
L.S.D for the interaction effect between treatments and storage periods at 5% = 0.7196