Regional Fruit Research Station, Punjab Agricultural University, Abohar-152 116.
Studies on the degreening of Italian Round Lemon fruits with Ethrel were carried out at Regional Fruit Research Station Abohar. Five different treatments viz. dipping the fruits for 1 minute in 0, 1000, 1500, 2000 and 2500 ppm of Ethrel in two different packing materials, i. e. newspaper and polythene sheets were tried. Maximum number of yellow fruits were obtained in 2500 ppm Ethrel treatment wrapped in poly* thene sheet after three days of storage without much alteration in the fruit quality. Loss in fruit weight was markedly reduced by polythene sheets packing. The fruits kept in polythene sheets retained firmness and usual freshness.
