Vol. 6 (3) : May-June 2015 issue
Green Farming Vol. 6 (3) : 509-512 ; May-June, 2015
Quantitative analysis of lycopene content in selected F6 lines of tomato during post-harvest storage condition
SUJEET KUMAR1*, P.H. RAMANJINI GOWDA2, N.M. MALLIKARJUNA3 and SUKANTA SINHA4
Deptt. of Plant Biotechnology, College of Agriculture, University of Agric. Sciences (GKVK), Bengaluru - 560 065 (Karnataka)
Designation : 1Ph.D. Scholar *(sujeet.icar@gmail.com), 2Professor, 3Research Associate, 4P.G. Student
Subject : Biotechnology, Molecular biology, Agriculture Microbiology and Cancer Res.
Paper No. : P-2189
Total Pages : 4
Received : 24 June 2014
Revised accepted : 16 March 2015
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Citation :
SUJEET KUMAR, P.H. RAMANJINI GOWDA, N.M. MALLIKARJUNA and SUKANTA SINHA. 2015. Quantitative analysis of lycopene content in selected F6 lines of tomato during post-harvest storage condition. Green Farming Vol. 6 (3) : 509-512 ; May-June, 2015
ABSTRACT
Lycopene is a major carotenoid in tomatoes and its content varies considerably during post-harvest ripening. Hence evaluating lycopene changes can be used to monitor the ripening of tomatoes. In this study, lycopene was observed at different post-harvest stages. Tomato was harvested at breaker stage; and it was treated as 0 days. The lycopene was recorded at the interval of 0, 10, 20, and 30 days post-harvest. The lycopene count in mg/100 g was measured in a spectrophotometer at 503 nm. It was observed that lycopene increases in successive post-harvest stages.
Key words :
Lycopene content, Post-harvest, Storage condition, Tomato.
