Indian Journal of Horticulture
  • Year: 1957
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue: 4

Improvement of Packing and Storage of Litchi at Room temperature

  • Author:
  • Rajpal Singh
  • Total Page Count: 8
  • Page Number: 205 to 212

Govt. Fruit Research Station, Saharanpur, U.P.

Abstract

(a) Different methods of litchi fruit storage at room temperature have been tried.

(b) Treating the fruits in 0.5 per cent copper sulphate for three minutes and keeping them in perforated polyethylene bags has been found to keep very good colour and appearance for six days.

(c) Utilisation of these results for marketing the fruit have been discussed.