2.2.1. Discarded Fruit

This parameter was calculated as the percentage of rejected fruits to the total fruits [58].

### 2.2.2. Fruit Weight Loss (FWL)

To estimate FWL at specific storage periods, the fruits of each replicate were separately weighed before and after treatment during the cold storage process and before and after six days of shelf life. *FWL* was calculated as a percentage of the initial weight according to [47,59] utilizing the following Equation (1):

$$FWL\ (\%) = ((W\mathbf{i} - W\mathbf{s})/W\mathbf{1}) \times 100.\tag{1}$$

where (*W*i) is fruit weight at the initial period, and (*W*s) is fruit weight at the sampling period.
