Effect of Postharvest Maturation Storage at Different Age Fruit on Chemical Characters Fruit and Seed of Wood-apple (Feronia limonia (L.) Swingle)

Abstract

Wood-apple fruits generally processed and consumed are those of fallen mature fruits which are then stored in postharvest ripening for 3 to 6 days. Seeds are obtained from the waste of processed wood-apple fruits. The seeds are not directly extracted but they had experienced a postharvest maturation storage prior to planting. During postharvest maturation storage, there are changes in the chemical characteristics of wood-apple fruit flesh and seeds. The research objective was to determine the effect of postharvest maturation storage on the different fruit ages on the chemical character of fruit and seed of wood-apples. The results showed that postharvest maturation storage did not affect the total sugar content of the fruit, but it affected the content of tannins and phenols, meanwhile fruit age affected the total sugar content, tannin and phenol fruit. Postharvest maturation storage did not affect the dry weight, moisture content and protein content of the seed, but it affected electrical conductivity and respiration rate of seeds. Meanwhile fruit age affected the dry weight, moisture content, protein content, electrical conductivity and the respiration rate of seeds.