Table 1. Effect of CaCl2, 1-MCP and 1-MCP with CaCl2 on total soluble solids content (TSS), titratable acidity (TA) and ratio of TSS to TA of ‘TY high Q’ cherry tomato during 17 day storage at 10°C, plus four days shelf-life at 20°C
| Treatment | 10°C | 20°C |
| 1 day | 5 days | 9 days | 13 days | 17 days | Additional 4 days |
| TSS (°Brix) |
| Control | 4.95±0.081)Aa2) | 4.72±0.37Aa | 4.56±0.15Ac | 4.75±0.29Aa | 4.97±0.30Aa | 4.84±0.07Aab |
| CaCl2 | 4.98±0.52ABa | 5.07±0.14Aa | 4.75±0.21Abc | 4.45±0.35Ba | 5.24±0.05Aa | 5.04±0.05Aa |
| 1-MCP | 5.00±0.35Aa | 4.85±0.17Aa | 4.97±0.14Ab | 4.63±0.03Aa | 4.91±0.21Aa | 4.76±0.52Aab |
| 1-MCP with CaCl2 | 4.80±0.17Ba | 4.95±0.55ABa | 5.35±0.15Aa | 4.58±0.08Ba | 4.90±0.26ABa | 4.44±0.14Bb |
| TA (%) |
| Control | 1.26±0.16Aa | 0.98±0.10Aab | 0.88±0.04Ab | 1.04±0.09Aa | 1.09±0.15Aa | 0.91±0.03Ab |
| CaCl2 | 1.19±0.08Aa | 1.17±0.11Aa | 1.07±0.07Aa | 0.99±0.22Aa | 1.09±0.03Aa | 1.00±0.08Aa |
| 1-MCP | 1.21±0.15Aa | 1.14±0.02ABab | 1.03±0.09Ba | 1.13±0.04ABa | 1.10±0.06ABa | 1.14±0.09ABba |
| 1-MCP with CaCl2 | 1.14±0.06Aa | 0.99±0.12Bb | 1.08±0.04Aba | 1.11±0.06ABa | 1.11±0.11ABa | 1.11±0.10Aba |
| TSS/TA |
| Control | 4.55±0.71Aa | 4.79±0.15Aab | 5.18±0.43Aa | 4.60±0.56Aa | 4.63±0.38Aa | 5.29±0.26Aa |
| CaCl2 | 4.49±0.64Aa | 4.35±0.50Ab | 4.45±0.46Aa | 4.61±0.72Aa | 4.81±0.10Aa | 5.04±0.38Aab |
| 1-MCP | 4.18±0.56Aa | 4.27±0.05Ab | 4.87±0.47Aa | 4.10±0.11Aa | 4.46±0.14Aa | 4.19±0.60Ab |
| 1-MCP with CaCl2 | 4.21±0.13Ba | 5.20±0.58Aa | 4.95±0.32Aa | 4.12±0.26Ba | 4.40±0.23Ba | 4.02±0.32Bb |
Values represented are mean±SD of three replicates.
Within each parameter, the means in the columns (storage interval) followed by the same lowercase letter and means in the rows (treatment) followed by the same uppercase letter are not significantly different by using Duncan’s multiple range test (p<0.05).