Vol. 5 (1) : January-February 2014 issue
Green Farming Vol. 5 (1) : 129-132 (January-February, 2014)
Influence of post-harvest treatments on ripening behaviour of banana cv. Grand Naine fruits
K. VENKATA SUBBAIAH1*, S.L. JAGADEESH2 and R. MANJULA3
Department of Post-harvest Technology, Kittur Rani Channamma College of Horticulture, Arabhavi - 591 310 Tq. Gokak, Dist. Belagavi (Karnataka)
Designation : 1Ph.D Scholar *(venkathort@gmail.com), 2Professor and Head, 3SRF
Subject : Food Science, Preservation & Processing, Protectants & Infestation and Post-harvest Technology
Paper No. : P-1113
Total Pages : 4
Received : 07 September 2013
Revised accepted : 30 December 2013
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Citation :
K. VENKATA SUBBAIAH, S.L. JAGADEESH and R. MANJULA. 2014. Influence of post-harvest treatments on ripening behaviour of banana cv. Grand Naine fruits. Green Farming Vol. 5 (1) : 129-132 (January-February, 2014)
ABSTRACT
Banana bunches of banana cv.Grand Naine were tagged at the fruit set stage and harvested at horticultural maturity and subjected for different post-harvest treatments. The treated fruits were stored in CFB boxes for ripening at room temperature (25±20C, RH 85-90%). The data revealed that ethrel treated fruits ripened in 4 days with excellent quality attributes, whereas the untreated fruits required 10 days to ripen. Physico-chemical parameters such as finger drop from hands and total sugars increased as the ripening progressed whereas, sensory quality characteristics with respect to colour and appearance increased up to optimum ripe stage (yellow stage) depending upon treatment and thereafter decreased during 10 days of ripening except for untreated fruits. The taste and flavour increased with the advancement in ripening. The firmness decreased as the ripening duration progressed in all the treatments.
Key words :
Banana, Ethrel, Post-harvest treatments, Physico-chemical parameters, Ripening, Smoking.
