Food Science and Technology Vol. 2(1), pp. 6 - 13
DOI: 10.13189/fst.2014.020102
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Effect of Pre-Cooling on Post Harvest Life of Mango (Mangifera Indica L.) CV. Kesar

Makwana S.A. , Polara N.D. ^*, Viradia R.R.
Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh - 362 001 (Gujarat), India

ABSTRACT

An experiment was carried out to study effect of pre-cooling on post harvest life of mango cv. Kesar at the Post Graduate Laboratory of the Department of Horticulture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh. The results of the study indicated that mango fruits treated with different pre-cooling treatment showed lower and slower rate in physical and chemical changes than control fruits. The fruits treated with pre-cooling at 8℃ for 8 hr proved to be most effective with respect to more number of days taken to ripe (11.50), longer shelf life (17.49 days), lower spoilage (20.55 %) and higher percentage of marketable fruits (55.48 %) and recorded less physiological loss in weight (21.59 %) and more firmness of fruits (0.79 kg cm^-2) at 20^th days after storage. The treatment was also found promising for slower increase in TSS, reducing sugar and total sugar, while slower decrease in ascorbic acid and acidity during storage. The organoleptic rating with regard to colour, taste and overall acceptability was also found significantly higher in pre-cooling at 8℃ for 8 hr treated fruits.

KEYWORDS
Pre-Cooling, Post Harvest Life, Mango

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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Makwana S.A. , Polara N.D. , Viradia R.R. , "Effect of Pre-Cooling on Post Harvest Life of Mango (Mangifera Indica L.) CV. Kesar," Food Science and Technology, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 6 - 13, 2014. DOI: 10.13189/fst.2014.020102.

(b). APA Format:
Makwana S.A. , Polara N.D. , Viradia R.R. (2014). Effect of Pre-Cooling on Post Harvest Life of Mango (Mangifera Indica L.) CV. Kesar. Food Science and Technology, 2(1), 6 - 13. DOI: 10.13189/fst.2014.020102.