Abstract
A study was conducted on the storage performance of banana cv. Amritsagar, using different packing materials and maintaining different storage conditions. The two storage conditions differed significantly in case of days required to reach 7th stage of ripening, % weight loss, % of brix and softness of peel. However, the banana stored in refrigerated condition performed better in most of the cases. The banana stored in perforated polybag showed better performance for days required to reach 7th stage (9.67 days), percent of brix (2.48 %) and sweetness (8.33). Minimum weight loss (1.86 %), maximum softness (7.07) and maximum moisture content (77.00 %) were found in bananas kept in unperforated polybag with silica gel. In case of interaction between packing materials and storage conditions, maximum days (13) were required to reach at 7th stage for the bananas kept in perforated polybags in refrigerated condition, minimum weight loss (1.74%) was in unperforated polybag with silica gel kept in refrigerated condition and maximum sweetness (8.74) was in perforated polybag kept in refrigerated condition.
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