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Effect of harvesting methods and post-harvest treatments on storage behaviour of Nagpur mandarin (Citrus reticulata) fruit

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Title Effect of harvesting methods and post-harvest treatments on storage behaviour of Nagpur mandarin (Citrus reticulata) fruit
 
Creator SONKAR, P K
LADANIYA, M S
SINGH, SHYAM
 
Subject Nagpur mandarin, harvesting methods, snapping, clipping, injuries, post-harvest treatment, storage behaviour, decay losses, quality
 
Description A study was conducted dJIring 1995-97 to evaluate the harvesting methods, viz snapping (twisting and pulling)and clipping with reference to injuries and shelf-life of Nagpur mandarin during Ambia (spring) and Mrig (monsoon)crop season. Harvesting rate was slightly less in clipping (315 fruits/person/hour) compared with the conventionalsnapping (350 fruits/person/hour). In snap method of harvesting, 8.79-9.14% fruits were injured at stem end (slight tosevere plugging) in Ambia (spring) season indicating economical loss to growers since such fruits are not marketable.In Mrig (monsoon) crop season (1997) harvesting by snap method resulted in negligible (< 1 %) injuries. Injuries due topuncturing by longer stems to adjacent fruits were 0.25 to 0.34% in snap hanvest and 1.72% in clipping. Wax (highshinewax 2.5%) treatment reduced fruit weight loss in storage. The addition of 2,4-D (@ 500 ppm) in wax helped inretaining greeness of pedicel in clipped fruit. Decay was considerably less in clipped fruit and further reduced byfungicidal wax treatment during storage up to 15 days under ambient condition and 45 days under refrigerated condition.The carbendazim (@ 2000 ppm) treatment through wax was ineffective especially in snap harvested fruit (withslight to severe injury) in controlling decay. The total soluble solids content did not change much while titratableacidity dropped more so in snap harvested froit as compared to clipped fruit in storage. Flavour and acceptability scorewere highest in clipped fruit after storage.
 
Publisher The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences
 
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Date 2013-01-28
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/26806
 
Source The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences; Vol 69, No 6 (1999)
0019-5022
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/26806/12210
 
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