Table 6. Moisture content of dried persimmons during drying period by hot-air drying according to cultivars and fruit grades.

Cultivar Fruit grade Moisture content(%)
0 days 2 days 4 days 6 days 8 days 10 days 12 days
Bansi 2L 70.6a z 61.0a 54.0a 47.6a 37.5a 29.1a 16.0a
L 70.0a 60.6a 49.3b 41.3b 34.9b 27.5a 13.8b
M 70.4a 60.9a 48.4b 37.3c 30.8c 21.4b 12.5c
S 69.7a 56.9b 46.4b 35.8c 27.0d 17.9b 10.0d
Godongsi 2L 69.0a 59.9a 52.6a 44.4a 40.7a 32.7a 18.5a
L 70.7a 59.1a 50.9a 42.6ab 38.1b 28.8b 13.5b
M 68.0a 55.1b 47.7b 39.6b 30.0c 23.1c 12.2b
S 68.5a 54.4b 46.1b 39.1b 28.6c 21.4c 11.0b
Mean values (n=5) within columns by Duncan’s multiple range test at p<0.05.