Vol. 12, Issue 4 (2023)

Author(s):
MS Shedge, Dr. PM Haldankar, Dr. Ahammed Shabeer TP, Dr. CD Pawar, Dr. MC Kasture and VV Dalvi

Abstract:
The study on “Variation in the shelf life of ripe fruit of different kokum accessions at ambient storage under Konkan agroclimatic conditions” was carried out at college of Horticulture, Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli. Dist. Ratnagiri (Maharashtra) during the year 2020-21 and 2021- 2022. For the present study, thirty-two kokum trees of full bearing stage (ten trees from each district and two released varieties viz., Konkan Amruta and Konkan Hatis) were selected randomly from three districts viz; Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri and Raigad of the Konkan region of Maharashtra. The experiment was laid out in randomized Block Design with thirty two treatments viz. T1 (Accession 1) to T32 (Accession 32) with three replications. The fresh ripe fruit of the thirty two accessions was harvested and kept at ambient storage conditions in the post-harvest laboratory. On the basis of physiological loss in weight the observation was recorded at every alternate day of ripe kokum fruits of different accessions; shelf life was calculated in days. The result indicated that significantly highest shelf life (7.58days) was recorded in T22 and T24 accessions and it was at par with T7 (7.50 days). However, the significantly lowest shelf life of the fruit (3.75 days) was noticed in T28 and T32 under ambient storage conditions.