Chithra M, Sathees N, Venkatesan S and Thirupathi M

The present investigation was carried out on the harvested banana bunch which was not exposed to smoke for regulating the ripening of fruits in the banana bunch. The treatments were consist of 2.0 percent corn starch, 4.0 percent corn starch and 6.0 percent corn starch with different combination of herbal extracts such as Tulsi leaf extract, Mint leaf extract and papaya leaf extract at 2.0 percent, 4.0 percent, 6.0 per cent. The experiment was conducted in Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with thirteen treatments and three replication. The results showed the treatment of 6.0 per cent of corn starch with papaya leaf extract at 6.0 per cent were significantly increased the shelf life, reduced the physiological loss in weight and fruit spoilage percentage compared to control and other edible herbal coatings.

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