Vol. 11, Issue 6 (2022)

Author(s):
Pooja Singh, Amit Kotiyal and Anamika

Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to evaluate different edible coating materials and their concentrations on the shelf life and physiological loss in weight (PLW), fruit volume and TSS of Nagpur mandarin (Citrus reticulata) fruits. This trial included 11 treatments with 3 replications for each treatment. The treatments include control, aloevera gel (10%, 20%, and 30%), neem oil (10%, 20%, and 30%), coconut oil (10%, 20%, and 30%) and a mix of aloevera gel 10%, neem oil 10% and coconut oil 10%. The experiment was conducted under ambient storage condition in Completely Randomized Design for a period of 40 days. Among all the treatments T9 (coconut oil 30%) has shown the best result by having least physiological loss in weight (8.37%), less loss in fruit volume(9.97%) and minimum rise in TSS (8.97°B). From this result we can conclude that the 30% coconut oil can best retain the fruit weight, fruit volume and TSS of Nagpur mandarin fruits under ambient storage conditions. This will ultimately increase the shelf life of the fruits.