Influence of Postharvest Treatment of Oxalic Acid on Shelf Life and Quality of Litchi Fruit cv. Muzaffarpur

DOI: 10.22161/ijeab/1.4.38

Keyword: Litchi chinensis, postharvest quality, pericarp browning, oxalic acid.

Abstract: A lab experiment was conducted in central laboratory of AFU, Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal, in first week of June in 2015 to assess the influence of acid on the pericarp browning and other keeping quality of litchi fruits after harvest. The experiment was carried out in Completely Randomized Design comprising five treatments; control, distilled water dipping for 5 minutes, oxalic acid @ 1%, oxalic acid @ 3% and oxalic acid @ 5% with four replications. The fruits treated with oxalic acid @ 5% retained more acceptable colour than those on other treatments. The cumulative physiological loss in weight (PLW) was minimum (9.15 %) with oxalic acid @ 5% treated fruits. Also, minimum spoilage loss of 13.9 % was found in the treatment oxalic acid @ 5% as compare to control. Thus, oxalic acid @ 5% was observed promising to improve the shelf life of litchi fruits after harvest so that fruits could be kept in better condition for about 10 days.

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S. Poudel, A.K. Shrestha, K. Mishra, T.P. Gotame, R. Regmi et al."Influence of Postharvest Treatment of Oxalic Acid on Shelf Life and Quality of Litchi Fruit cv. Muzaffarpur". International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878),vol 1, no. 4, 2016, pp.0896-0901 AI Publications doi:10.22161/ijeab/1.4.38

S. Poudel, A.K. Shrestha, K. Mishra, T.P. Gotame, R. Regmi, P.(2016).Influence of Postharvest Treatment of Oxalic Acid on Shelf Life and Quality of Litchi Fruit cv. Muzaffarpur. International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878).1(4), 0896-0901.10.22161/ijeab/1.4.38

S. Poudel, A.K. Shrestha, K. Mishra, T.P. Gotame, R. Regmi, P.(2016).Influence of Postharvest Treatment of Oxalic Acid on Shelf Life and Quality of Litchi Fruit cv. Muzaffarpur. International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878).1(4), pp.0896-0901.

S. Poudel, A.K. Shrestha, K. Mishra, T.P. Gotame, R. Regmi. 2016."Influence of Postharvest Treatment of Oxalic Acid on Shelf Life and Quality of Litchi Fruit cv. Muzaffarpur". International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878).1(4):0896-0901.Doi:10.22161/ijeab/1.4.38

S. Poudel, A.K. Shrestha, K. Mishra, T.P. Gotame, R. Regmi."Influence of Postharvest Treatment of Oxalic Acid on Shelf Life and Quality of Litchi Fruit cv. Muzaffarpur", International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology,vol.1,no. 4, pp.0896-0901,2016.

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journal={International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology},
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