1Research scholar, Department of Food and Agricultural Process Engineering
2Professor and Head, Post Harvest Technology Centre, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India
*Email: shahirfpe@gmail.com
Online published on 25 December, 2014.
Visual maturity assessment for mango (rise of shoulders in relation to the position of the stem) and banana (three quarter round) were correlated with the objective maturity indices like size, length, volume, etc. The mean size, length, diameter, mass, volume and surface area of the mango fruits obtained were 8.42 cm, 11.06 cm, 8.61cm, 317.5g, 319.9 cm3 and 163.99 cm2 respectively. The average mass, volume, diameter, surface area and pulp to peel ratio of matured banana fingers were found to be 139.92 g, 135.2 cm3, 3.61 cm, 117.26 cm2 and 1.10 respectively.
Mango Var. Banganapalli, Maturity indices, physical properties
