Vol. 11, Issue 6 (2022)

Author(s):
Namburi Revathi Raj Varma, Vikram Singh and Vishal Johar

Abstract:
The present study was undertaken to monitor post harvest effect on edible coatings of Guava in Punjab at Lovely Professional University from March to April of 2021-22. There are well-known challenges in the storage of this crop in the present day, including post harvest losses, lower shelf life and marketing losses. As a result, edible coatings are primarily used to boost shelf life of Guava. Various edible coatings were used in the experiment, including Rice Bran Oil, Sunflower oil, Aloe vera juice, Bees wax, Bees wax+ Rice Bran Oil, Sunflower oil+ Rice Bran Oil, Citric Acid were taken for the treatment. The experiment was set up with 8 treatment combinations and two replications in CRD. On the 9^th day of storage, it was found that the sunflower oil coating produced longer shelf life, weight of the fruit (105.12gms), the length of the fruit (5.7cm), breadth of the fruit (6.1 cm), firmness of the fruit (6.8kg/cm2), spoilage percentage (40%), palatability rating (8.3 marks), physiological loss in weight (5.06%) compared with the individual fruit.