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Journal of Agricultural Science and Botany | Volume: 2
November 15-16, 2018 | Paris, France
Plant Science
Natural Products,Medicinal Plants and Traditional Medicines
International Conference on
Joint Event
&
Management of post harvest microbial decay of banana
Raghavendra K Mesta
University of Horticultural Sciences, India
Astudy was conducted to check the efficacy of different post
harvesttreatmentsincludingsanitizersandbioagentsonthe
quality and microbial load on banana fruits. Being a climacteric
fruit crop, banana suffers with shorter shelf life with loss of
appearance and microbial infections under ambient conditions.
The fruits were subjected to washing treatments for 5 minutes
using aqueous ozone, hydrogen peroxide, sodium hypochlorite,
calciumhypochlorite, Trichoderma and Pseudomonas solutions
and thenstoredunder ambient condition for 6days. Significantly
minimum physiological loss in weight was recorded in sodium
hypochlorite and aqueous ozone (14.23 and 14.28 per cent),
minimum total soluble solids was in sodium hypochlorite and
calciumhypochlorite (22.38and22.630B),minimumrespiration
rate insodiumhypochloriteandcalciumhypochlorite (62.23and
60.40ml CO2/kg/hr) and minimum titratable acidity in sodium
hypochlorite and calcium hypochlorite (0.63and 0.62 per cent)
compared to untreated fruits. Significantly minimum microbial
load for both fungi and bacteria are recorded in Pseudomonas
and Trichoderma treated fruits. Highest sensory scores (7.00)
were observed in the fruits treated with aqueous ozone.
Speaker Biography
Raghavendra K Mesta did his Ph.D. from University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad,
India. He is presently serving as Professor and Head, Department of Plant Pathology,
University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot, India. He has published more than 50
papers in reputed journals.
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Raghavendra K Mesta, Plant science & Natural Medicine 2018, Volume 2
DOI: 10.4066/2591-7897-C1-002