Department of Post Harvest Technology of Horticultural Crops, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia-741252, West Bengal
*Corresponding author's present address: College of Horticulture & Forestry, Central Agricultural University, Pasighat 791102, Arunachal Pradesh; E-mail: ngpiloo@yahoo.co.in
Online published on 17 April, 2013.
Freshly harvested, tender green okra fruits cv. Sinnova were subjected to different post harvest treatments viz., T1= Virosil Agro (0.5%), T2= NaOCl (100 ppm Cl), T3= Ca(OCl)2(100 ppm Cl), T4= Virosil Agro + wax (1%), T5= NaOCl (100 ppm Cl) + wax (1%), T6= Ca(OCl)2 (100 ppm Cl) + wax (1%), T7= wax (1%) and packed in polypropylene packages with no perforation in ambient condition (maximum and minimum temperature varied from 23° to 24°C and 19° to 22°C, respectively and relative humidity from 47 to 65%). Considering the overall quality it was found that T5 was the best treatment followed by T7, T4 and T1. However, T7 retained better ascorbic acid and chlorophyll during later period of storage.
Okra, virosil agro, storage, wax
