Abstract
The present investigation was carried out to study the effect of different concentrations of calcium chloride (1%, 1.5%, 2%), paraffin wax coating and different wrapping materials (polyethylene, carton paper) inorder to increase the shelf life and to avoid the postharvest losses of Banky cultivars of apple. In physical characteristics general appearance (color and shape of fruit), weight loss percentage and organoleptic evaluation were studied during storage. In chemical characteristics, total soluble solids, pH, acidity, total sugar, reducing sugar and Vitamin C were analyzed after 15, 30, 45 and 60 days of storage. All the treatments had significant effect on the shelf life of fruits. However, Calcium chloride (2%) was reported superior to all other treatments. Calcium chloride (2%) proved very useful for reducing weight loss and shriveling and retained consumer acceptability even after 60 days of storage. Polyethylene packaging stood second position after 2% calcium chloride treatment.
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
All coating and wrapping treatments significantly affected apple fruit shelf life.
- Taxon
- apple
Malus domesticat0 - Treatment
- All the treatmentse0
- Outcome
- shelf life of fruitse0
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Verbatim
e0“All the treatments had significant effect on the shelf life of fruits”
t0“apple (Malus domestica cv.Borkh)”
Claim · model-written summary
Calcium chloride at 2% was superior to the other treatments for fruit shelf life.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- Calcium chloride (2%)e0
- Outcome
- superiore0
- Direction
- superiore0
- Comparator
- all other treatmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Calcium chloride (2%) was reported superior to all other treatments”
t0“apple (Malus domestica cv.Borkh)”
Claim · model-written summary
Calcium chloride at 2% reduced fruit weight loss and shriveling.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- Calcium chloride (2%)e0
- Outcome
- weight loss and shrivelinge0
- Direction
- reducinge0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Calcium chloride (2%) proved very useful for reducing weight loss and shriveling”
t0“apple (Malus domestica cv.Borkh)”
Claim · model-written summary
Calcium chloride at 2% retained consumer acceptability after 60 days of storage.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- Calcium chloride (2%)e0
- Outcome
- consumer acceptabilitye0
- Direction
- retainede0
- Qualifier
- after 60 days of storagee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Calcium chloride (2%) proved very useful for reducing weight loss and shriveling and retained consumer acceptability even after 60 days of storage”
t0“apple (Malus domestica cv.Borkh)”
Claim · model-written summary
Polyethylene packaging ranked second after calcium chloride at 2%.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- Polyethylene packaginge0
- Outcome
- second positione0
- Direction
- second positione0
- Comparator
- 2% calcium chloride treatmente0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Polyethylene packaging stood second position after 2% calcium chloride treatment”
t0“apple (Malus domestica cv.Borkh)”
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