Influence of pre and post harvest treatments on shelf life and fruit quality of mango cv Amrapali.
Shipra Banerjee, Shubhranshu Sengupta, Bikash Das
Author Affiliation: Department of Horticulture, Birsa Agricultural University, Kanke, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.
Environment and Ecology 33 : 1976-1978
Abstract : The present investigation was carried out to evaluate the response of various pre-harvest (GA3 and thiophenate methyl) application followed by post-harvest treatments (salicylic acid, 1-MCP and hot water) with the objective to find out suitable treatments which could preserve physical, bio-chemical and organoleptic properties of Amrapali mango. The physical parameters of fruits viz., minimum PLW (Physiological Loss in Weight) i.e. 14.65% and spoilage percentage (28.89% upto 17th day) was recorded with T2 (GA3+thiophenate methyl+hot water+1-MCP) closely followed by T1 (GA3+thiophenate methyl+hot water+salicylic acid). The chemical composition of me fruits viz., minimum reduction in TSS (5.49°Brix), maximum retention of acidity (0.07828), were also recorded with the application of same during 17 days of storage.