Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry
Vol. 8, Issue 4 (2019)
Effect of post: Harvest treatments on physico-chemical properties and quality of guava (Psidium guajava L.)
Author(s):
Vikash Kumar Sonkar, ML Meena, Rajmani Singh, BC Shivran and DC Meena
Abstract:
The experiment was conducted at Laboratory of the Department of Horticulture, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A central university), Vidya-Vihar, Rai Bareli Road, Lucknow -226 025 (U.P.), during 2017-18. In the experiment “Effect of post-harvest treatments on physico-chemical properties and quality of guava” contain one level of variety and 7 level of chemicals treatment used. The experimental details are Distilled water (control), Calcium chloride @ 1%, Calcium chloride @ 2%, Calcium Nitrate @ 0.5%, Calcium Nitrate @ 1%, Aloe Vera Gel @ 15%, Aloe Vera Gel @ 25% were followed in Completely Randomized Design with three replications. In the treatment physiological loss in weight and chemical parameters like TSS, acidity, ascorbic acid, total sugar, reducing sugar and non-reducing sugar of fruit were positively influenced by treatment calcium nitrate 1% up to 9 days of storage.
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Vikash Kumar Sonkar, ML Meena, Rajmani Singh, BC Shivran and DC Meena. Effect of post: Harvest treatments on physico-chemical properties and quality of guava (Psidium guajava L.). J Pharmacogn Phytochem 2019;8(4):1535-1538.