Vol. 7, Issue 3 (2019)
Quality and shelf life of strawberry (Fragaria ananassa) fruits as influenced by certain chemicals
Author(s): Monika G, RM Vijayakumar, K Soorianathasundaram, P Jeyakumar and M Ganga
Abstract: Postharvest application of salicylic acid (25 and 50 ppm), methyl jasmonate (10 and 20 ppm) and calcium chloride (0.25% and 0.5%) to strawberry fruits immediately after harvest and its effects were investigated. Significant differences were found among the treatments in the quality aspects such as TSS, titratable acidity, sugar acid ratio, shelf-life and PLW. Higher TSS was found to be maintained in salicylic acid fruits treated with 50 ppm at the end of third and eleventh day of storage under room and cold storage condition respectively when compared with the control (untreated) fruits. Significant differences were found in acidity under cold storage condition, with higher acidity of 0.77% in salicylic acid (50 ppm) treated fruits. Higher sugar-acid ratio was found in the methyl jasmonate (20 ppm) treated fruits at both the storage conditions. Fruits treated with salicylic acid (50 ppm) had a shelf-life up to 3.00 days and 11.67 days at both room and cold storage conditions respectively and minimum the physiological loss in weight was also observed in the same treatment.
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Monika G, RM Vijayakumar, K Soorianathasundaram, P Jeyakumar, M Ganga. Quality and shelf life of strawberry (Fragaria ananassa) fruits as influenced by certain chemicals. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(3):4158-4161.
