National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Ziziphus maurtiana Lamk, is commonly known as Indian jujube, is an underutilized fruit and native to India. Fruits are small, round to oblong shaped fruits, with thin and glossy skin. The ber fruits contain have antioxidant, anti-flammatory and antibacterial properties. Ber fruits deteriorate rapidly after harvest and can only be stored for 2-4 days. Therefore, the present study was conducted to extend the storability and preserve the ber quality during storage at ambient conditions. An experiment was conducted to study the effect of pre-harvest application of salicylic acid (200, 400, 600 ppm) and propyl gallate (150, 300 and 450) ppm on storage quality of ber cv Banarasi Karaka. Fruits of uniform in size were harvested at physiological maturity stage (pea, marble and 15 days before harvesting). Treated fruits were packed in CFB and boxes stored at room temperature. Stored fruit were evaluated after 0, 2, 4, 6 and 8 days. The maximum retention of fruit quality attributes were recorded in SA (600 ppm) TSS, acidity, Vitamin C and total sugar which was followed propyl galalte (450 ppm) treated fruits. Both TSS, ascorbic acid and total sugar showed similar trends of increase up to 6th days of storage followed by a decrease. However, acidity decreased continuously with enhancement of storage period. At the end of the storage, maximum TSS, total acidity, ascorbic acid and total sugars were noted under salicylic acid (600 ppm) treated fruits, followed by fruits treated with propyl gallate (450 ppm). Studies revealed that salicylic acid (600 ppm) treatment have potential to maintain ber fruit maintained quality up to 8days of storage.
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