Effect of packing and storage on the shelf life and quality of ber cv. Umran
| Autor: | Shailesh Tripathi, Sameeksha Sharma, Vikas Verma, VK Rao |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Hill Agriculture. 5:49 |
| ISSN: | 2230-7338 0976-7606 |
| Popis: | This study was carried out to extend the quality and shelf life of ber fruits by low-cost effective packaging materials. There were 48 treatment combinations consisting oftwo packing materials (Card Board Box; Polythene Net bag) three size of the retail packing units (250 g; 500 g; - 1 kg; - 2kg) and six storage periods (Initial; 2 days; 4 days; 6 days; 8 days; 10 days). The fruits of ber cultivar Umran were harvested at optimum maturity from Horticulture Research Centre, Patharchatta, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand. Ber is one of the commercial fruit crops grown in the tropical and sub-tropical region. It is considered to be“poor man's apple” due to its high nutritional, medicinal value and low cost. Ber fruits have an advantage that fruits areavailable in market during lean period and to ensure remunerative prices to growers. However, the storage life of ber is extremely short, hardly 2–4 days at ambient conditions and thus early perishability of fruit poses a problem. Among the various packaging materials evaluated for packing of berfruits, cardboard boxes were found suitable and economically viable containers involving least cost ( 3.00). Although physico-chemical properties were concerned during 10 days storage, the maximum acidity and ascorbic acid along with minimum physiological loss in weight and spoilage percentage were found in cardboard boxes packed fruits. However, maximum physiological loss in weight, spoilage, TSS, total sugars of fruits were obtained in fruits packed in polythene netbags. Sensory scores for overall acceptability were better infruits packed in cardboard boxes. Therefore, storage of 100 kg ber fruits packed in cardboard boxes showed better quality as compared to polythene net bags under ambient storage. Economics computed showed feasibility as on a total input of Rs. 1363.32 and Rs. 3000 is earned as gross returns with a netreturn of Rs. 1637. 68 with 2.20 B: C ratio. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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