-Effect of using calcium gluconate and calcium lactate with some sanitizers on quality attributes and storability of cantaloupe fruits- | ||||
| Horticulture Research Journal | ||||
| Volume 2, Issue 2, June 2024, Page 130-154 PDF (2.21 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/hrj.2024.370982 | ||||
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| Abstract | ||||
| -Effect of using calcium gluconate and calcium lactate with some sanitizers on quality attributes and storability of cantaloupe fruits This study was carried out during 2021 and 2022 seasons on cantaloupe fruits cv. Primal, Galia type to investigate the impact of post-harvest treatments of calcium gluconate and calcium lactate alone and in combined with sanitizers like Ozone and Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), as well as distilled water as control treatment on maintaining the quality attributes, overall appearance, firmness, color, decay reduction, weight loss prevention, and shelf life extension of cantaloupe fruits during storage at 5°C and 95% RH for 28 days. The findings indicated that all postharvest treatments outperformed the control treatment in decreased weight loss, decay and maintained firmness, color, total soluble solids, total sugar content and ascorbic acid. Further were cantaloupe fruits treated with calcium gluconate with H2O2 was the most effective in preserving quality attributes and giving fruits a good overall appearance after 28 days of storage at 5°C.. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Cantaloupe; Calcium treatments; Post; harvest life; Decay; Ascorbic acid | ||||
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