Table 2 Effect of carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) and chitosan coating on the weight loss percentage and pH of table grape during its 4, 9 and 14th days of storage period at 28 ± 2 °C.

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Treatments

Day 0

Day 4

Day 9

Day 14

Weight loss percentage (%)

T1

10.78 ± 0.158c

42.44 ± 0.216b

54.18 ± 0.275b

T2

13.81 ± 0.182b

36.81 ± 0.284c

48.43 ± 0.208c

T3

13.59 ± 0.162b

30.58 ± 0.161d

33.95 ± 0.218d

Control

16.14 ± 0.220a

43.42 ± 0.189a

64.54 ± 0.208a

pH

T1

3.7 ± 0.100a

4.5 ± 0.100b

4.7 ± 0.100a

4.4 ± 0.100b

T2

3.6 ± 0.100a

4.0 ± 0.100c

4.1 ± 0.100b

4.8 ± 0.100a

T3

3.7 ± 0.100a

3.9 ± 0.100c

3.8 ± 0.100c

4.2 ± 0.100c

Control

3.7 ± 0.100a

4.7 ± 0.100a

4.2 ± 0.100b

4.9 ± 0.100a

  1. T1 (1:1), T2 (1:0.5) and T3 (0.5:1)—Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) and Chitosan ratio; n-values = 03 samples for each treatment.