Effect of selected treatments on ripening and TSS in mango (Mangifera indica L.) cv Amrapali.
Jha P. K., Singh D. B., Prasad V. M., Bahadur V., Mishra S., Jha S. K., Jha B. K.
Author Affiliation: Department of Horticulture, Sam Higgin Bottom Institute of Agriculture Technology and Sciences, Allahabad 211 007, India.
Environment and Ecology 30 : 1156-1160
Abstract : An experiment was conducted to study the effect of post-harvest treatments on ripening and total soluble solids (TSS) in mango fruits cv Amrapali during storage at ambient temperature. For this purpose fully matured fruits were subjected to the various treatments with hot water, GA3, frutox wax emulsion, ALPF, and LDPF in isolation and in different combinations. Results indicated that increasing TSS value was marked up to 10 day of storage but when fruits were treated with GA3+hot water+frutox and placed in ALPF or LDPF bags maintained the TSS level upto 13 day of storage. Ripening of fruits started on 4 day of storage and about 88% ripening was completed on 10 day. Majority of the treatments revealed 90-100% ripening on 13 day. Maximum delay in ripening of fruits was recorded in T16 and T24 on 13 day of storage.