1Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Shimla, Rohru, H.P. (171 207), India
2Dept. of Plant Pathology, Dr. Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, H.P. (173 230), India
3Dept. of Fruit Science, Dr. Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, H.P. (173 230), India
*Corresponding Author Neelam Kumari e-mail: neelkumari90@gmail.com
Online published on 10 December, 2019.
The effects of harvest maturity and different post harvest pre-cooling methods on post harvest rotting of apple fruits were studied. The apple fruits picked later (126 DFFB) were more sensitive to rot with mean rot of 76.21%. Early harvesting (106 DFFB) significantly resulted in minimum rotting of fruits (12.81%). Pre-cooling treatment with HIWC (ice water and calcium chloride) for 30 min was found most effective among all other cooling medium. Minimum fruit rot (4.69%) was recorded in the fruits pre-cooled with HIWC followed by RC (refrigerated cooling) (6.81%) and HIW (ice water) (7.03%), respectively.
Calcium chloride, DFFB, fruit rot, hydrocooling
