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 |
Five clones of released and pre-released tamarind clones (NTI-79, NTI-19, NTI-14, SMG-13 and PKM-1) were obtained from department of farm forestry, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad for evaluating the storage quality. Deseeded and cleaned fruits were packed in LDPE pouches, sealed in tight and stored at ambient temperature for five months. Monthly observations were recorded. Throughout the storage period, there was increase in the moisture content from 9.45 (fresh) to 16.73 per cent at the fifth month of storage and higher increase was observed in NTI-79 (13.63%). Titratable acidity was higher in NTI-19 (11.43%) and low in PKM-1 (7.6%). The clones SMG-13 (11.39%) and PKM-1(11.53%) exhibited significantly lower increase in tartaric acid content while NTI-14 contained higher level (17.81%) irrespective of storage period. Throughout the storage period colour of the pulp of different clones darkened with a varying intensity. No insect infestation was observed throughout the storage period of five months in all the clones. NTI-19 had better characters after storage.
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