Proper post harvest management of any perishable maximizes its
shelflife. Precooling and storage are two major areas, which can
contribute to a great extent in increasing the shelflife of banana.
An attempt has been made to find out ideal package of post harvest
handling of banana which maximizes its shelflife. Different
precooling treatments(forced air cooling, hydro-cooling, dipping
each at 5,8,10 deg.C), wax and control treatments were tried. Three
storage environments viz. ambient condition (30 3 deg.C), zero
energy cool chamber (25 10 deg.C at 90 - 95 % RH), and cold storage
(13.5 0.5 deg.C, at 85-90 % RH) were evaluated. Results clearly
shown that wax treatment was better for banana aimed at room
storage as well as evaporative storage and was at par with
precooling treatments for banana aimed at cold storage. However,
deciding factor is cost of waxing or precooling v/s shelflife
extension benefits in case of different combinations of precooling
methods, waxing and storage methods. Shelflife advantage of 3 to 5
days can be obtained in different precooling and storage
combinations.
General
Imprint: |
Lap Lambert Academic Publishing
|
Country of origin: |
Germany |
Release date: |
September 2011 |
First published: |
September 2011 |
Authors: |
Jayesh Doshi
• Roy Sutar
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 7mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
120 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-8454-0561-2 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
3-8454-0561-9 |
Barcode: |
9783845405612 |
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