Vol. 12, Issue 6 (2023)

Author(s):
Lalit Kumar, Saket Mishra, Vijay Bahadur and Shashi Kant Ekka

Abstract:
During the academic years 2022-2023, a study was conducted at the Post Harvest Laboratory, Department of Horticulture, NAI, SHUATS, Prayagraj (U.P.). In a Completely Randomized Design, nine treatments with different levels of CMC, Chitosan, Guar gum, and Aloe vera were replicated three times. The experiment's primary objective was to determine the effect of edible coating materials on the physical and qualitative traits of Mango cv. Amrapali. According to the findings of this study, Treatment T₃ (Carboxymethyl Cellulose- 4%) was found best with [3.23 (4 days), 5.75 (8 days) and 8.88 (12 days)] % physiological weight loss %, [2.51 (4 days), 4.43 (8 days) and 6.96 (12 days)] % reduction in fruit length (%), [3.85 (4 days), 7.24 (8 days) and 10.87 (12 days)] % reduction in fruit diameter (%), [109.78 (4 days), 94.66 (8 days) and 85.59 (12 days)] g Pulp Weight (g), [10.61 (4 days), 14.76 (8 days) and 15.82 (12 days)] ° Brix TSS (° Brix), [0.39 (4 days), 0.33 (8 days) and 0.29 (12 days)] % Treatable acidity (%), [4.11 (4 days), 5.81 (8 days) and 6.51 (12 days)] pH, [42.63 (4 days), 38.64 (8 days) and 36.66 (12 days)] (mg/100 gm) Ascorbic Acid (mg/100gm),[0.00 (4 days), 3.33 (8 days) and 23.33 (12 days)] % Spoilage %, [9.25 (4 days), 11.12 (8 days) and12.22 (12 days)] % Total Sugar %, [2.39 (4 days), 3.44 (8 days) and 4.28 (12 days)] % Reducing Sugar % and [6.52 (4 days), 6.73 (8 days) and 8.15 (12 days)] % non-Reducing Sugar %.