Shelf-life of fruit was significantly enhanced with minimum ripening percentage, higher number of healthy fruit percentage in Kesar mango having sp. gr. < 1.00 (M 3 ) fallowed by sp. gr. 1.00-1.02 (M 2 ). Wax coating 6 per cent (R 3 ) was effective to increasing the shelf-life of fruit, ripening days, healthy fruit per cent and minimum ripening per cent. Soft-rot diseases incidence was does not found in hot water (R 1 ) and bavistin (R 2 ) treatments. A comparative study on the effect of low temperature storage of fresh harvested mango stored at 15 0 C (T 1 ) and 20 0 C (T 2 ) was made with respect to physiological changes. Not only delay the ripening percentage with ripening day, but also increase the healthy fruit per cent in lower temperature at 15 0 C of storage temperature with 85 per cent RH up to 42 nd days of shelf-life.HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE : Mane, Shailendra R., Jadhav, Y.T. and Barkade, D.P. (2016). Effect of maturity indices, post-harvest treatments and storage temperature on shelf-life of mango cv. KESAR.
Fruit volume, physiological loss in weight of Kesar' mango gradually increased till the end of shelf-life and exhibited inversely proportional relationship with specific gravity of fruit while the maximum physiological loss in weight in immature fruits with sp.gr. less than 1.00 as compared sp.gr. more than l.00. Whereas, maximum organoleptic evaluation reported in sp.gr. more than 1.02. Dip treatment of harvested fruits in bavistin 500 ppm for 5 min. had been found to be useful for enhancing the flavour and consumer acceptability. Beneficial effect on minimizing physiological weight loss, maximum fruit volume and firmness was in wax coating (6%) followed by bavistin 500 ppm for 5 min. Delay in PLW, maximum fruit volume and firmness with lower organoleptic score were registered at 15 0 C of storage temperature with 85 per cent RH.
: Application of water soluble fertilizers and micronutrients through drip irrigation is easy, efficient and uniform method with minimum labour involvement to maximize productivity and profit in horticulture crops. The investigation entitled "Response of water soluble fertilizers in banana (Musa paradisiaca L.) cv. GRAND NAINE" was conducted at Regional Horticultural Research Station, N.A.U., Navsari during 2011-12 and 2012-13. From economic point of view, 100 per cent RDF water soluble fertilizer (W 3 ) at 15 th days interval and micronutrient Grade-IV at 3 rd , 6 th and 9 th MAP (M1) treatments gave maximum productivity per day (kg/ha) and net realization. So, 100 per cent RDF through water soluble fertilizer successfully reduced crop duration, increase yield (t/ha), maximizing productivity in kg/ha/day and net realization of banana fruit cv. GRAND NAINE.
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