Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

Table 7 Decay incidence (%)^* in barberry packages during storage at 4 °C and 25 °C

From: Capability of oxygen-scavenger sachets and modified atmosphere packaging to extend fresh barberry shelf life

Atmosphere type	Temperature	Storage day
Atmosphere type	Temperature	7	14	21	28
4 °C	Control	2.0 ± 1.0Ac	2.3 ± 1.5ABc	20.7 ± 4.0Ab	29.0 ± 3.6Aa
	N₂ gas	0.0 ± 0.0Bb	5.0 ± 3.0Ab	26.3 ± 5.5Aa	34.7 ± 4.5Aa
	Vacuum	0.0 ± 0.0Bb	0.0 ± 0.0Bb	0.7 ± 1.2Bb	10.3 ± 3.5Ba
	Oxygen scavenger	0.0 ± 0.0Ba	0.0 ± 0.0Ba	0.0 ± 0.0Ba	0.0 ± 0.0Ca
25 °C	Control	8.3 ± 1.5Ac	27.3 ± 2.5Ab	32.0 ± 4.6Aab	37.0 ± 3.0Aa
	N₂ gas	5.0 ± 2.0Bc	20.0 ± 3.6Bb	28.0 ± 3.6Aa	32.0 ± 2.6Aa
	Vacuum	0.0 ± 0.0Cc	3.3 ± 1.2Cc	10.3 ± 2.1Bb	18.3 ± 3.5Ba
	Oxygen scavenger	0.0 ± 0.0Cb	0.0 ± 0.0Cb	1.0 ± 1.0Cab	1.7 ± 0.6Ca

^*Mean ± standard deviation (SD)
Non-similar uppercase and lowercase letters indicate a significant difference in columns and rows, respectively, for each temperature according to Tukey test (P < 0.05)

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