Ecofrost Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Survey No 134/1, 134/2, 130/3, Jeevan Nagar, Tathawade, Pune, Maharashtra, India
*Corresponding author: parag@ecozensolutions.com
Online published on 27 September, 2018.
Storage at 10°C with 93% RH was evaluated as the best condition to maintain the post-harvest quality of the Dragon fruit. These fruit retained the lowest weight loss i.e. around 0.3% per day inside the cold room. While an average weight loss of 2.6% per day was measured during post-storage period. Fruit stored inside cold room of Ecofrost retained a maximum storage life upto 15 to 17 days and the post-storage life was recorded as 3 to 4 days. Shelf-life was recorded as 2.5 days in ordinary room conditions. Fruit stored at 10°C had 100% decay incidence after five days in ordinary room conditions.
The fruit stored at 10°C (50°F) with 93% RH conditions retained higher storage life upto 15 to 17 days.
The average weight loss was recorded minimum per day inside cold room.
Dragon, Post-storage, Weight, Cold, Temperature, Ecofrost, Fruit, Storage
