*2.6. Disorder Index and Weight Loss*

CI was assessed by three indices, a pitting index and uneven ripening for MG fruit, and a decay index for R tomatoes according to the previously described method [29]. All indices were visually assessed with the percentage of the tomato surface assigned to five classes (0 = no injury, 1 = <10%, 2 = 11–25%, 3 = 26–40%, 4 = >40% affected area). The average score of pitting and uneven ripening index for MG, and decay index tomatoes were termed general disorder index. Tomato weight loss over time was expressed as the percentage weight loss (*WL*, in %) with *W*<sup>0</sup> the initial weight (in g) and *Wt* the weight (in g) according to Equation (4).

$$\%WL = \frac{W\_0 - W\_t}{W\_0} \times 100\tag{4}$$
