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Subject: Horticulture × Author: Avesh × End date: 2018 × Start date: 2018 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    Studies on packaging material for guava during transportation
    (CCSHAU, 2018) Avesh; Surender Singh
    The experiment comprising of nine packaging materials as treatments in different combinations was conducted in Post-harvest Laboratory of the Department of Horticulture, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar to find out the most suitable packaging material for guava and to study the effect of packaging material during transportation on shelf life of guava during rainy season of 2017. The data were recorded on physiological loss in weight, decay loss or spoilage, fruit firmness, change in colour, injury, total soluble solids, titratable acidity, ascorbic acid content, total soluble solids to acid ratio, reducing sugars, non-reducing sugar, total sugars, pectin content and organoleptic rating. The recorded data were subjected to statistical analysis using Completely Randomized Design (factorial). The physiological loss in weight and decay loss was recorded minimum in sealed poly bags. The total soluble solids, total soluble solids to acid ratio, ascorbic acid content, total sugars, reducing sugars and organoleptic rating were registered maximum and injury and acidity minimum with guava fruits packed in corrugated fibreboard box lined with newspaper cuttings on 2nd day of storage, while the maximum non-reducing sugar and pectin content was registered on 2nd day of storage with guava fruits packed in wooden box lined with paddy straw and wooden box lined with newspaper lining, respectively. The results of the experiment indicate that corrugated fibreboard boxes had a significantly positive influence on most of the recorded parameters.