Fig. 5From: Genotype influence on shelf life behaviour of minimal processed loquat (Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl.) fruit: the role of sugar, acid organics and phenolic compoundsVisual hedonic evaluation applied to loquat fruit cv. ‘Sanfilippara’, ‘Tanaka’ and ‘Nespolone di Trabia’, immediately after peeling (0) and stored for 3, 5, 7 and 10 days at 5 °C. Scores are from 9 = very good to 1 = very poor (inedible). (n = 10 replicates per cultivar and sampling date). A mean score of 5 or below was taken to indicate the limit of marketability. For each cultivar, different capital letters indicate significant differences between sampling dates, and different lowercase letters indicate significant differences(Tukey’s test at p ≤ 0.05) between different cultivar at the same sampling date (0, 3, 5, 7 and 10 days). Vertical bars represent standard error (SE)Back to article page