Agricultural Research Journal

The present study was carried out to assess the storage behaviour of three aonla cvs.Kanchan, Neelum and Balwant at different storage temperatures. Fruits of all the cultivars were stored at 6°C, 9°C, 12°C and ambient conditions. During storage a continuous reduction was recorded in fruit weight, firmness and ascorbic acid; whereas, the spoilage increased with the storage duration. At all the three storage temperature conditions, the lowest physiological loss in weight (PLW) was recorded in ‘Kanchan’ followed by ‘Neelum’ cultivar. During the entire storage period, highest firmness and ascorbic acid was retained by the cultivar ‘Neelum’ with lowest chilling injury and spoilage at 9°C as compared to other storage temperatures. Chilling injury was recorded in all the cultivars at 6°C. Among the three cultivars, ‘Neelum’ retained better fruit quality during the storage period in terms of firmness, ascorbic acid, chilling injury and spoilage at 9°C.