Effect of herbal wax on ripening behaviour and surface microbial load of mango.
Neelima Garg, Singh B. P., Deepak Sarolia
Author Affiliation: Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture, Lucknow - 227 107 (Uttar Pradesh), India.
Journal of Eco-friendly Agriculture 4 : 85-87
Abstract : A herbal disinfecting wax containing turmeric, Aloe vera and honey bee wax was prepared. Manual application of this wax on physiologically mature mango fruits cv. Lucknow Safeda delayed rate of ripening, reduced CPLW, total microbial load, disease incidence and thus improved the shelf life compared to control and dewaxed fruits.