Abstract
Apple due to its climacteric nature lose its quality very rapidly. Chitosan being a non-toxic biodegradable material can be used as coating material for fruits. It would be environmental friendly as compared to other chemicals. Therefore, this experiment was conducted to evaluate the optimum chitosan concentration for retaining the quality of apple fruits for longer time. The fruits were coated with three chitosan concentrations (0.5, 1.0 and 1.5%) along with a set of fruits treated with distilled water as control. The fruits when dried were kept in the laboratory at room temperature (18±2oC) for 80 days, to study the effect of chitosan concentrations against physiological attributes after every 20 days interval. Both chitosan and storage had significantly influenced all the quality attributes of apples. Fruits coated with 1.5% chitosan were more firm and had maximum juice content, titratable acidity and ascorbic acid with less weight loss, fruit juice pH, total soluble solids (TSS) and TSS-Acid ratio and these results were at par with the effect of 1.0% chitosan on the fruits. Regarding storage effect, the fruits analyzed after 80 days showed maximum losses in weight, firmness, percent acidity and Ascorbic acids while pH, TSS and TSS-Acid ratio were found maximum. The interactive effect between chitosan and storage was found non-significant for all the studied attributes. It was concluded from the experiment that apple fruits Cv. Lady William coated with 1.0% chitosan after harvesting maintains the quality attributes up to 80 days during storage at 18±2 oC and 56±2% RH. Keywords: Apple; Chitosan; Climacteric fruit; Coating material; Lady William; Storage http://dx.doi.org/10.19045/bspab.2020.90271
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Claim · model-written summary
Chitosan concentration significantly influenced all measured apple quality attributes.
- Taxon
- apples
Malus domesticae0 - Treatment
- chitosane0
- Outcome
- all the quality attributes of applese0
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e0“Both chitosan and storage had significantly influenced all the quality attributes of apples.”
Claim · model-written summary
Storage duration significantly influenced all measured apple quality attributes.
- Taxon
- applesMalus domesticae0
- Treatment
- storagee0
- Outcome
- all the quality attributes of applese0
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e0“Both chitosan and storage had significantly influenced all the quality attributes of apples.”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit coated with 1.5% chitosan was firmer and had more juice than other concentrations.
- Treatment
- 1.5% chitosane0
- Outcome
- more firm and had maximum juice contente0
- Direction
- more firme0
- Value
- 1.5%e0
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e0“Fruits coated with 1.5% chitosan were more firm and had maximum juice content, titratable acidity and ascorbic acid with less weight loss, fruit juice pH, total soluble solids (TSS) and TSS-Acid ratio”
Claim · model-written summary
At 1.5% chitosan, apple fruit had maximum titratable acidity and ascorbic acid.
- Taxon
- apple fruitMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- 1.5% chitosane0
- Outcome
- titratable acidity and ascorbic acide0
- Direction
- maximume0
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e0“Fruits coated with 1.5% chitosan were more firm and had maximum juice content, titratable acidity and ascorbic acid with less weight loss, fruit juice pH, total soluble solids (TSS) and TSS-Acid ratio”
t0“apple fruit”
Claim · model-written summary
At 1.5% chitosan, apple fruit had less weight loss and lower juice pH.
- Taxon
- apple fruitMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- 1.5% chitosane0
- Outcome
- weight loss, fruit juice pHe0
- Direction
- lesse0
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Verbatim
e0“Fruits coated with 1.5% chitosan were more firm and had maximum juice content, titratable acidity and ascorbic acid with less weight loss, fruit juice pH, total soluble solids (TSS) and TSS-Acid ratio”
t0“apple fruit”
Claim · model-written summary
At 1.5% chitosan, apple fruit had lower total soluble solids and TSS to acid ratio.
- Taxon
- apple fruitMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- 1.5% chitosane0
- Outcome
- total soluble solids (TSS) and TSS-Acid ratioe0
- Direction
- lesse0
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Verbatim
e0“Fruits coated with 1.5% chitosan were more firm and had maximum juice content, titratable acidity and ascorbic acid with less weight loss, fruit juice pH, total soluble solids (TSS) and TSS-Acid ratio”
t0“apple fruit”
Claim · model-written summary
The effect of 1.5% chitosan on quality attributes was at par with 1.0% chitosan.
- Taxon
- apple fruitMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- 1.5% chitosane1
- Outcome
- these resultse0
- Direction
- at pare0
- Comparator
- 1.0% chitosane0
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e0“these results were at par with the effect of 1.0% chitosan on the fruits.”
e1“Fruits coated with 1.5% chitosan”
t0“apple fruit”
Claim · model-written summary
After 80 days, apple fruit showed maximum weight loss and firmness loss.
- Taxon
- apple fruitMalus domesticat0
- Outcome
- losses in weight, firmnesse0
- Direction
- maximum lossese0
- Value
- 80 dayse0
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Verbatim
e0“the fruits analyzed after 80 days showed maximum losses in weight, firmness, percent acidity and Ascorbic acids”
t0“apple fruit”
Claim · model-written summary
After 80 days, apple fruit showed maximum loss of percent acidity and ascorbic acids.
- Taxon
- apple fruitMalus domesticat0
- Outcome
- percent acidity and Ascorbic acidse0
- Direction
- maximum lossese0
- Value
- 80 dayse0
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Verbatim
e0“the fruits analyzed after 80 days showed maximum losses in weight, firmness, percent acidity and Ascorbic acids”
t0“apple fruit”
Claim · model-written summary
After 80 days, apple fruit pH, TSS and TSS to acid ratio reached their maximum.
- Taxon
- apple fruitMalus domesticat0
- Outcome
- pH, TSS and TSS-Acid ratioe0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 80 dayse0
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Verbatim
e0“the fruits analyzed after 80 days showed maximum losses in weight, firmness, percent acidity and Ascorbic acids while pH, TSS and TSS-Acid ratio were found maximum.”
t0“apple fruit”
Claim · model-written summary
The interaction of chitosan and storage was not significant for any studied attribute.
- Taxon
- apple fruitMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- chitosan and storagee0
- Outcome
- interactive effecte0
- Qualifier
- all the studied attributese0
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
e0“The interactive effect between chitosan and storage was found non-significant for all the studied attributes.”
t0“apple fruit”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors conclude that 1.0% chitosan coating maintains Lady William apple quality for up to 80 days at 18±2 oC and 56±2% RH.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticae0
- Material
- Cv. Lady Williame0
- Outcome
- coated with 1.0% chitosan after harvesting maintains the quality attributes up to 80 dayse0
- Value
- 80 dayse0
- Setting
- 18±2 oC and 56±2% RHe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“apple fruits Cv. Lady William coated with 1.0% chitosan after harvesting maintains the quality attributes up to 80 days during storage at 18±2 oC and 56±2% RH.”
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