Vol. 10, Special Issue 12 (2021)

Author(s):
Akasht Kumar Singh, Samir E Topno and Vijay Bahadur

Abstract:
This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of different packaging materials on shelf life and quality of Banana cultivar var Cavendish. A laboratory experiment was laid out at Department of Horticulture, SHUATS, Prayagraj from the period October 2020. The packaging materials were Paper bag, Low density Poly-bag, High density poly-bag, Banana leaf, cardboard, news paper and open air as a control. The experiment was conducted in Randomized Block Design (RBD), with seven treatments, replicated thrice. The treatments were T₀ : Control, T₁ : Paper bag, T₂ : Low density Poly-bag, T₃ : High density poly-bag, T₄ : Banana leaf, T₅ : Cardboad, T₆ : Newspaper which are locally available at community level. From the present experimental findings it is found that the T₂ : Low density Poly-bag was found superior over other treatments in terms of Post harvest and quality of banana crop.