Vol. 1 (2) : March-April 2010 issue
Green Farming Vol. 1 (2) : 152-154 (March-April, 2010) (New Series)
Pre-harvest spray of calcium on shelf life of sapota fruits (Manilkara achras(Mill) Forsberg) cv. Kalipatti
R.R. BHALERAO1*, P.R. PARMAR2, P.P. BHALERAO3, S.S. GAIKWAD4 and S.J. PATIL5
Deptt. of Pomology, Aspee College of Horticul. & Forestry, Navsari Agricul. University, Navsari – 396 450 (Gujarat)
Designation : 1,3Ph.D. Scholar, 2Professor, 4SMS, 5Associate Research Scientist
Subject : Fruit Science and Pomology
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R.R. BHALERAO, P.R. PARMAR, P.P. BHALERAO, S.S. GAIKWAD and S.J. PATIL. 2010. Pre-harvest spray of calcium on shelf life of sapota fruits (Manilkara achras (Mill) Forsberg) cv. Kalipatti. Green Farming Vol. 1 (2) : 152-154 ; March-April, 2010 (New Series)
ABSTRACT
An experiment was conducted on pre-harvest spray of calcium on shelf life of sapota fruits (Manilkara achras (Mill) Forsberg) cv. Kalipatti. Among the all pre-harvest treatments viz., calcium nitrate, calcium sulphate and calcium chloride at 0.5%, 1.0% and 1.5% respectively, the PLW was observed significantly minimum on all days of storage in pre-harvest treatment of calcium chloride 1.0 per cent (T8). On the other hand, physico-chemical qualities like shelf life, firmness and total sugar was maximum in pre-harvest treatment of calcium chloride 1.0 per cent (T8) however, reducing sugar was observed maximum in pre-harvest treatment calcium nitrate 0.5 per cent (T1) in all days of storage. Rotting percentage was observed minimum in pre-harvest treatment of calcium chloride 0.5 per cent (T7) whereas, acidity and ascorbic acid was found at par to all pre-harvest treatments during the storage period.
Key words :
Calcium, Manilkara achras, Pre-harvest, Rotting, Sapota, Shelf-life.
