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International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2018, Volume : 6, Issue : 5
First page : (877) Last page : (883)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-6875

Effect of Preharvest Spray on Textural Property of Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) Fruit cv. Bhagwa during Storage

Mohamad Tayeebulla H.¹*, Sreenivas K. N.², Sadananda G. K.³, Sudhakar Rao D. V.⁴, Shivashankara K. S.⁵ and Guruprasad T. R.⁶

¹Ph.D Scholar, Department of Postharvest Technology, College of Horticulture, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
²Retired Dean, College of Horticulture, Tamaka, Kolar, Karnataka, India
³Assistant Professor, Department of Postharvest Technology,
College of Horticulture, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
⁴Principal Scientist, Division of Postharvest Technology,
⁵Principal Scientist, Division of Plant Physiology & Biochemistry,
IIHR, Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
⁶Retired Associate Director of Research & Extension, RHREC, UHS Campus, Bangalore-65
*Corresponding Author E-mail: tayeebmd@gmail.com
Received: 12.09.2018  |  Revised: 23.10.2018   |  Accepted: 28.10.2018

 ABSTRACT

Pomegranate has been grown since ancient times for its delicious fruits pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) belongs to the Lythraceae family. In spite of the known nutraceutical benefits and great global demand for potentially pomegranate derived products; the pomegranate processing industry is not developed due to lack of technological developments. Quality after harvest can greatly be altered during supply chain, have a considerable effect on changes in fruits quality and mechanical properties, decrease in firmness during storage period will decrease the marketability of fruits. Therefore, mechanical properties such as compression and puncture resistance is an important quality indicators of pomegranate. In this context, novel compounds were pretreated, among different chemical GA3(100ppm) with Benzyl adenine (75 ppm) (T5) sprayed in combination had maintained higher rind moisture with minimum rind firmness (1841.52 g/mm2), similarly in aril firmness was minimum was recorded in T5 (767.66 g/mm2), which had delayed rind case hardening and browning in pomegranate fruit during the 16days of storage at ambient storage condition.

Key word: Pre-harvest, Pomegranate, Texture, Rind and Aril firmness

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Cite this article: Mohamad Tayeebulla, H., Sreenivas, K.N., Sadananda, G.K., Sudhakar Rao, D.V., Shivashankara, K.S., Guruprasad, T.R., Effect of Preharvest Spray on Textural Property of Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) Fruit cv. Bhagwa during Storage, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.6(5): 877-883 (2018). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.6875