Effect of post-harvest treatments on shelf life and quality of mango cv. Kesar in cool storage and ambient conditions.
Dhemre J. K., Waskar D. P., Masalkar S. D., Gaikwad R. S.
Author Affiliation: Department of Horticulture, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri - 413 722, India.
Agricultural Science Digest 25 : 79-84
Abstract : Freshly harvested mango cv. Kesar fruits were subjected to wax (Waxol; 6%), wax coupled with carbendazim (Bavistin; 0.1%), and captan (Captaf; 0.2%) treatments. The treated and untreated fruits (as the control) were kept for storage at room temperature (24.18-30.57°C with 47.50-74.00% RH) and in cool storage (10°C with 90.0-95.0% RH). Fruits treated with wax coupled with carbendazim (0.1%) could be kept up to 50 days in cool storage compared to 20 days at room temperature. Data on shelf life, physiological loss in weight, total soluble solids, acidity and total sugars indicated that the cool storage might be an ideal storage facility to increase the domestic as well as export marketing of Kesar fruits.