Vol. 6 (2) : March-April 2015 issue
Green Farming Vol. 6 (2) : 388-391 ; March-April, 2015
Effect of packaging and low temperature storage on the post-harvest quality of okra cv. VNR Green
G.S. TEKALE1*, T.R. AHLAWAT2, N.G. PATEL3, R.P. PATEL4 and S.D. JARANDE5
Department of Vegetable Science, ASPEE College of Horticulture and Forestry, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari - 396 450 (Gujarat)
Designation : 1,5Ph. D. Scholar *(tahlawat4@gmail.com), 2,3Assoc. Professor, 4Hortic. Officer
Subject : Vegetable Sciences
Paper No. : P-1763
Total Pages : 4
Received : 02 April 2014
Revised accepted : 23 January 2015
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Citation :
G.S. TEKALE, T.R. AHLAWAT, N.G. PATEL, R.P. PATEL and S.D. JARANDE. 2015. Effect of packaging and low temperature storage on the post-harvest quality of okra cv. VNR Green. Green Farming Vol. 6 (2) : 388-391 ; March-April, 2015
ABSTRACT
A study to assess the effect of packaging and storage temperature on the shelf-life of fresh okra pods cv. VNR Green was carried out during 2010-2011 at the Post-Harvest Technology Lab., ASPEE College of Horticulture and Forestry, NAU, Navsari. The experiment comprised of five packaging materials viz., rigid plastic crates, LDPE bag of 25 micron thickness, 50 micron thickness, 75 micron thickness and 100 micron thickness and two storage temperatures i.e., 12oC and 16oC. Significant differences were observed among biochemical parameters and spoilage due to various treatments. Packing okra pods in LDPE bags of 50 micron thickness and holding them at a temperature of 12oC proved to be the best treatment combination for it recorded the highest chlorophyll and carotenoid content, ascorbic acid content and titrable acidity content with the lowest reducing sugar and disease incidence.
Key words :
Okra, Packaging, Post harvest quality, Shelf-life, Storage temperature.
