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Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry

Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry

Vol. 6, Issue 1 (2017)

Studies on regulation of ripening of bael fruits bael [Aegle marmelos (L.) Correa] fruitsStudies on regulation of ripening of bael fruits bael [Aegle marmelos (L.) Correa] fruits

Author(s):

Sanjay Kumar, SP Singh and Bhagwan Deen

Abstract:

Bael fruit [Aegle marmelos (L.) Correa] is one of the most important underutilized fruit in India having tremendous commercial potentialities. Due to its curative properties it is the most useful medicinal plants of India. It is utilized in day-to-day life in various forms. The fruit have excellent aroma which is not destroyed even during processing. The ripening regulation is an important aspect for long period availability of the fruit. Ethrel @1000ppm was most effective for minimizing the PLW in bael cultivars than CCC @2000ppm cultivar. The NB-4 was most responsive to treatments in reducing the PLW and 1000ppm ethrel was most effective treatment for NB-4 cultivar to reduce the PLW of fruits. The specific gravity showed decreasing trend in all the cultivars when treated with PGRs including control. The control fruits had higher specific gravity in comparison to PGRs treated fruits. The highest (34.78%) T.S.S. was recorded in the ethrel @1000ppm treated fruits and NB-9 cultivar contained maximum (34.59%) T.S.S. in all the cultivars. The acidity content was slightly decreased in treatments and cultivars during ripening. The minimum acidity content was recorded in NB-5. The fruits treated with ethrel @1000ppm retained maximum ascorbic acid content throughout the study period while maximum (34.50 mg/100g) ascorbic acid content was found in NB-7. The reducing, non-reducing and total sugars increased at initial period thereafter started decreasing and content was higher in ethrel @1000ppm treated fruits. The maximum (33.55 µg/100g) total carotenoids were retained in ethrel @1000ppm treated fruits. The maximum total phenols retention was recorded in ethrel @1000ppm and CCC @2000ppm treated fruits and NB-9 cultivars. The maximum highest organoleptic score was obtained in ethrel @1000ppm treated fruits with early ripening in comparison to other treatments. All the treatment except ethrel delayed ripening of bael fruits.

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How to cite this article:
Sanjay Kumar, SP Singh and Bhagwan Deen. Studies on regulation of ripening of bael fruits bael [Aegle marmelos (L.) Correa] fruitsStudies on regulation of ripening of bael fruits bael [Aegle marmelos (L.) Correa] fruits. J Pharmacogn Phytochem 2017;6(1):518-523.

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