Fruits Pretreatments Physiological loss of weight (%)    
R1 Storage life (days) R2 Storage life (days)
Star fruit Control 6.56 ± 1.35 13 4.52 ± 1.28 15
T1 6.31 ± 0.82 17 6.66 ± 0.64 20
T2 7.37 ± 0.22 22 11.85 ± 0.17 25
Egg fruit Control 8.13 ± 1.17 10 7.85 ± 1.09 15
T1 5.26 ± 0.76 15 3.31 ± 0.52 17
T2 2.66 ± 0.24 16 4.93 ± 0.13 20
Fig Control 1.92 ± 1.27 1 1.12 ± 1.15 2
T1 2.26 ± 0.64 3 2.25 ± 0.58 4
T2 1.36 ± 0.83 2 1.46 ± 0.74 3
T1 - 1.5 % KMS; T2 - 2 % CaCl2 + NaCl R1 - Room temperature; R2 - Refrigeration temperature
Table 2: Physiological loss in weight (PLW) of Star fruit, Egg fruit and Fig on prepackaging.