Vol. 10, Issue 8 (2021)

Author(s):
P Tanuja, K Vanajalatha, M Hanuman Nayak, Veena Joshi, D Saida Naik and D Srinivasa Chary

Abstract:
Postharvest study was done mainly for assessing the shelf life and ripening behaviour by using different plant extracts viz., aloe vera gel extract, neem leaf extract, ginger rhizome extract and natural ethylene sources viz., apple, sapota, papaya tomato, banana. The effect of different plant extracts and natural ethylene sources and their interactions were found significantly differing among the treatments. Among the different interactions treatment with combination of aloe vera gel extract and tomato showed the lowest physiological loss in weight (1.65 ), slowest change in fruit colour (1.16 ), no spoilage, highest firmness (3.49 kg/cm2), peel thickness (3.46 ), pulp to peel ratio (1.99 ), highest (24.33 ) shelf life, long (11.49 ) days of ripening.