National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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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 |
The present investigation entitled “Studies on extending the shelf life of Fig (Ficus carica L.) fruits Cv. Dinkar Fig” was conducted at Department of Horticulture, Late Shri. Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani, M.S., India during the year 2008-2009. The experiment was conducted in Factorial Completely Randomized Design (FCRD) with six pre-harvest treatments and two storage conditions. The treatments were replicated three times. The pre-harvest sprays (0.5%, 1.0% and control) were undertaken 10 and 20 days before harvesting fruits of fig Cv. Dinkar fig. The fruits were packed in CFB boxes and stored under two environments viz. at room temp. (15.10 to 41.30C and 49.00 – 71.00% RH) and in cool storage (50Cand 90-95%RH). The results revealed that there was an increase in TSS, reducing sugars and total sugars with corresponding decrease in acidity of fig Cv. Dinkar fig under both the storage conditions irrespective of pre-harvest treatments. Fruits stored in cool store followed the same trend of physico-chemical changes but at a slower rate. The shelf life of control fig fruits was found to be hardly 2 days at room temperature. However fig fruits of variety Cv. Dinkar fig could be stored upto 4 days at room temperature when these were given spray of CaCl2(1.0%) 10 days before harvesting. The shelf life of untreated fruit of this variety was hardly 5 days in CS. However, it could be further extended upto 8 days when given spray of CaCl2 (1.0%) 10 days before harvesting and stored in CS.
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