Cucumber Shelf life
Wax Solution Concentrations (%) Constants R2
a b c
0 (Control) 0.0327 - 9.6589 298.23 0.999
25 0.0851 - 12.172 340.43 0.997
50 -0.0393 - 8.1469 326.79 0.993
75 -0.0524 - 8.0465 344.2 0.996
100 0.0087 - 10.499 373.83 0.988
Temperature (°C) Constants R2
a b c
5 0.0016 0.779 255.7 0.997
10 -0.0008 0.8215 202.01 0.999
15 -0.0036 0.8846 162.1 0.991
25 (Room Temperature) -0.0008 0.4951 76.731 0.995
Table 8: The constants a, b, c and coefficient of determination for shelf life at the different wax solution concentrations and the different storage temperatures.