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 5 Effect of gelatin, lemongrass oil, and peppermint oil on total sugar (g/100 FW) of Samany date palm fruits stored at 0.0 ± 2 °C during two experimental seasons

	Storage periods (days)
	0	15	30	45	60	75	Mean
Treatment	2016
Control	20.18	20.51	20.67	21.40	22.03	22.35	21.19 a
Gelatin 1%	20.18	20.50	20.70	21.13	21.98	22.30	21.13 a
Gelatin 2%	20.18	20.37	20.56	21.10	21.74	22.27	21.04 a
Gelatin 4%	20.18	20.40	20.56	20.97	21.68	22.28	21.01 a
Lemongrass oil 0.25%	20.18	20.35	20.53	20.80	21.52	21.96	20.89 ab
Lemongrass oil 0.50%	20.18	20.32	20.49	20.67	21.38	21.90	20.82 b
Peppermint oil 5%	20.18	20.42	20.50	20.87	21.85	22.17	21.00 a
Peppermint oil 10%	20.18	20.32	20.45	20.80	21.72	22.10	20.93 ab
Mean	20.18 E	20.40 DE	20.56 D	20.97 C	21.74 B	22.17 A
L.S.D for the interaction effect between treatments and storage periods at 5% = 0.6237
Treatment	2017
Control	20.23	20.51	20.98	21.72	22.51	22.70	21.44 a
Gelatin 1%	20.23	20.50	20.95	21.48	21.99	22.53	21.28 a
Gelatin 2%	20.23	20.42	20.73	21.40	22.03	22.50	21.22 a
Gelatin 4%	20.23	20.38	20.80	21.36	21.82	22.45	21.17 a
Lemongrass oil 0.25%	20.23	20.30	20.62	21.17	21.80	22.26	21.06 ab
Lemongrass oil 0.50%	20.23	20.30	20.43	20.92	21.57	22.02	20.91 b
Peppermint oil 5%	20.23	20.42	20.72	21.30	21.74	22.39	21.13 a
Peppermint oil 10%	20.23	20.40	20.64	21.27	21.64	22.18	21.06 ab
Mean	20.23 E	20.40 E	20.73 D	21.33 C	21.89 B	22.38 A
L.S.D for the interaction effect between treatments and storage periods at 5% = 0.8609