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- Title
EVALUATION OF COATINGS FOR SHELF LIFE ENHANCEMENT AND QUALITY RETENTION IN BER (ZIZYPHUS MAURITIANA LAMK.).
- Authors
Relhan, Ankush; Bakshi, Manish; Gupta, Prerna; Kumar, Vikas; Singh, Shailesh Kumar; Singh, Sanjay
- Abstract
Ber, a climacteric fruit crop, is liable to spoilage during storage. This study aims to evaluate the effect of coatings on shelf life and quality retention in ber under ambient storage conditions. Coated and uncoated ber fruits were stored at ambient storage temperatures (±25°C) for 10 days and accessed every 2 days for analysis. Ber fruits reported minimum weight loss (2.68g), PLW (14.35%) and TSS (9.52%) with the application of petroleum jelly coating. Minimum total sugars (8.98%), minimum reducing sugar content (3.96%), maximum non-reducing sugars (5.69%) and maximum antioxidant activity (63.83%) was recorded in fruits with petroleum jelly coating. This study highlights the importance of coating of fruits for enhanced shelf life and quality retention under ambient storage conditions.
- Subjects
FRUIT; STORAGE; WEIGHT loss; ANTIOXIDANTS; SUGARS
- Publication
Plant Archives (09725210), 2021, Vol 21, Issue 1, p1109
- ISSN
0972-5210
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.51470/PLANTARCHIVES.2021.v21.no1.147