Browsing by Author "Gawade Manjabapu H."
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ThesisItem Open Access Studies on Drying and Storage of Fig (Ficus carica L.) Fruits(Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri., 2002) Gawade Manjabapu H.; Waskar, D.P.The present investigation entitled, "Studies on Drying and Storage of Fig (Ficus carica L.) Fruits" Cvs. Conadria, Deanna, Excel, Poona fig and Dinkar with three pretreatments and two storage conditions was conducted with three replications in Factorial Completely Randomized Design. The dried figs were prepared form these cultivars by subjecting the fresh fruits to various pre-treatments like blanching, sulphitation and blanching plus sulphitation. The pretreated fruits were dried in cabinet drier at 50-52 C for 15-18 hours depending upon cultivars to reduce moisture content to safe level of 15-17 per cent.