Effect of pre-harvest fruit bagging on maturity and physico-chemical properties of guava fruits cv. VNR Bihi
| dc.contributor.advisor | Tripathi, Shailesh | |
| dc.contributor.author | Jat, Mohan Lal | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-06-26T09:40:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-06-26T09:40:00Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The present experiment was conducted at Horticulture Research Centre, Pattarchatta and Department of Horticulture, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, Udam Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand, during the year 2018-2019. To evaluate the effect of different pre-harvest bagging materials (Biodegradable bags; purple, yellow, pink, green and red; Polypropylene bags; blue, light green, white, green and red; Polyethylene bags; yellow, white, blue, green, orange and pink) on maturity and physico-chemical properties of guava cv. VNR Bihi. Altogether, there were seventeen treatments replicated five times. The bagging was done 6 weeks before harvest. Among the various bagging materials used; blue polyethylene bag was found superior for the physical characteristics of guava fruits viz., fruit length, fruit diameter, fruit weight, fruit volume, specific gravity, fruit firmness and flesh thickness while, pink biodegradable bag was found to improve chemical characteristics viz., total soluble solids, titratable acidity, TSS:acid ratio, ascorbic acid, total sugars, reducing sugars, non-reducing sugars content significantly with 10 days earlier fruit maturity compared to unbagged fruits. Based on the overall findings, it could be concluded that fruit bagging is highly beneficial for the quality improvement of guava fruits cv. VNR Bihi. As per the results, pre-harvest fruit bagging with blue polyethylene or pink biodegradable bags were found the best for the improvement of physical and chemical quality parameters of the fruits. So, it can be conferred that farmers should use pre-harvest fruit bagging so that quality fruit production of guava can be achieved for better economic returns. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810110130 | |
| dc.keywords | pretreatment, harvesting, fruits, bagging, maturity, physicochemical properties, guavas | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.pages | 92 | en_US |
| dc.publisher | G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263145 (Uttarakhand) | en_US |
| dc.research.problem | Guavas | en_US |
| dc.sub | Horticulture | en_US |
| dc.subject | null | en_US |
| dc.theme | Prehavest Storage | en_US |
| dc.these.type | M.Sc | en_US |
| dc.title | Effect of pre-harvest fruit bagging on maturity and physico-chemical properties of guava fruits cv. VNR Bihi | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |