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 |
In this study, plums were coated with lac based (2:3), SemperfreshTM (1:3), vegetable wax (1:5) and water dip (control) just after harvest on field as on-farm treatment and after transportation to the lab as off-farm treatment. After coating, the fruits were packed in punnets and stored under cold storage conditions (2 ± 1°C) at 90–92% relative humidity. The effectiveness of the edible coatings was evaluated by the changes of several attributes: soluble solids content, titratable acidity, total phenols, ascorbic acid content, pectin methylesterase activity (PME) and malondialdehyde content (MDA). The coatings, especially the lac based coating significantly decrease the changes in biochemical parameters and maintaining overall fruit quality of plums followed by SemperfreshTM and vegetable wax coatings. Therefore, the On-farm application of edible coatings especially, lac based coating could be favourable in maintaining quality and extending shelf-life of ‘Santa Rosa’ plum upto 35 days.
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