ASSESSMENT OF SHELF LIFE OF RAW AND PRETREATED TOMATO FRUIT UNDER VARIOUS CONDITIONS OF STORAGE
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2016
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Anand Agricultural University, Anand
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Tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum) is a very nutritious and highly perishable
climacteric fruit. Hence, there is a need to protect this perishable crop from postharvest
losses and ensure ready availability of the crop to the consumers at affordable
prices throughout the year. Thus, the present investigation entitled “Assessment of
shelf life of raw and pre-treated tomato fruit under various conditions of storage” was
carried out to find out the storability of pre-treated tomato fruits under variable
conditions of storage. The experiments were carried out with two different pretreatments
i.e. pre-cooling (hydro-cooling) with three different cooling medium
temperatures (4, 6 and 8oC) and edible coating with three different concentration of
corn starch viz. 2.5, 5.0, and 7.5%.
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