Vol. 12, Issue 11 (2023)

Author(s):
Sonam Sharma, Sunil Malik, Rakesh Kumar, Vivak Ujjwal, Gurdev Chand, Bhav Kumar Sinha and Rajesh Kumar

Abstract:
The experiment to study the combined effect of bagging and fungicide application on chemical traits of Dasheri mango involving nine treatments in Randomized Block Design was conducted at Horticultural Research Centre and Post-Harvest Laboratory of Department of Horticulture, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture & Technology, Meerut during the year 2015. In this inquiry, the chemical characteristics of mango were examined in terms of Total Soluble Solids (TSS), Total Sugars (%), Reducing Sugar (%), Non-reducing Sugar (%), and Acidity (%). The results indicate that among the pre-harvest treatments, fruits bagged in brown paper and treated with a foliar application of 0.05% carbendazim had the highest levels of total soluble solids (21.16 ^obrix). Fruits bagged with brown paper plus foliar treatment attained the highest amount of total sugars, reducing sugars, and non-reducing sugars. Fruits packaged in brown paper with foliar carbendazim application had the lowest amount of fruit acidity (0.11%), whereas fruit packaged in transparent polythene with or without carbendazim had a greater level of fruit acidity (0.23%).