Abstract
An experiment was conducted to study the effect of different local treatments with and without CaCl2 on the quality and shelf life of tomato fruits. Mature green tomato fruits were evaluated, and data were taken on weight loss, shelf life, titratable acidity, TSS, reducing sugars, total sugars and vitamin C contents during storage at ambient temperature (20±5°C). The fruits were then evaluated for changes in quality parameters within the different stages of ripening. Results showed that dipping tomato fruits in 8% CaCl2 for ten minutes does not have beneficial effects on shelf life and quality retention of tomato fruits. Wrapping tomato fruits with polythene resulted in least weight loss, maximum contents of TSS, titratable acidity, total and reducing sugars as well as ascorbic acid and also maximum shelf life of tomato fruits among all other treatments, and thus can be used effectively for storing green mature tomato fruits for upto 25 days in ambient temperature.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Dipping tomato fruits in 8% CaCl2 for ten minutes had no beneficial effect on shelf life or quality retention.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Treatment
- dipping tomato fruits in 8% CaCl2 for ten minutese1
- Outcome
- shelf life and quality retentione1
- Direction
- does not have beneficial effectse1
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e1“dipping tomato fruits in 8% CaCl2 for ten minutes does not have beneficial effects on shelf life and quality retention of tomato fruits”
e0“Mature green tomato fruits were evaluated”
Claim · model-written summary
Wrapping tomato fruits with polythene gave the least weight loss among treatments.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- Wrapping tomato fruits with polythenee2
- Outcome
- weight losse2
- Direction
- leaste2
- Comparator
- all other treatmentse4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e2“Wrapping tomato fruits with polythene resulted in least weight loss”
e4“also maximum shelf life of tomato fruits among all other treatments”
e0“Mature green tomato fruits were evaluated”
Claim · model-written summary
Wrapping tomato fruits with polythene gave the maximum TSS, titratable acidity, total and reducing sugar contents.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- Wrapping tomato fruits with polythenee2
- Outcome
- TSS, titratable acidity, total and reducing sugarse3
- Direction
- maximume3
- Comparator
- all other treatmentse4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e3“maximum contents of TSS, titratable acidity, total and reducing sugars as well as ascorbic acid”
e2“Wrapping tomato fruits with polythene resulted in least weight loss”
e4“also maximum shelf life of tomato fruits among all other treatments”
e0“Mature green tomato fruits were evaluated”
Claim · model-written summary
Wrapping tomato fruits with polythene gave the maximum ascorbic acid content.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- Wrapping tomato fruits with polythenee2
- Outcome
- ascorbic acide3
- Direction
- maximume3
- Comparator
- all other treatmentse4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e3“maximum contents of TSS, titratable acidity, total and reducing sugars as well as ascorbic acid”
e2“Wrapping tomato fruits with polythene resulted in least weight loss”
e4“also maximum shelf life of tomato fruits among all other treatments”
e0“Mature green tomato fruits were evaluated”
Claim · model-written summary
Wrapping tomato fruits with polythene gave the maximum shelf life.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- Wrapping tomato fruits with polythenee2
- Outcome
- shelf lifee4
- Direction
- maximume4
- Comparator
- all other treatmentse4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e4“also maximum shelf life of tomato fruits among all other treatments”
e2“Wrapping tomato fruits with polythene resulted in least weight loss”
e0“Mature green tomato fruits were evaluated”
Claim · model-written summary
Polythene wrapping can be used to store green mature tomato fruits for up to 25 days at ambient temperature.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Outcome
- storing green mature tomato fruitse5
- Setting
- ambient temperaturee5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e5“can be used effectively for storing green mature tomato fruits for upto 25 days in ambient temperature”
e0“Mature green tomato fruits were evaluated”
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