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DETERMINATION OF POST HARVEST LOSSES AND SHELF LIFE OF TOMATO AS INFLUENCED BY DIFFERENT TYPES OF POLYTHENE AT REFRIGERATED CONDITION (10ºC) (Pages : 62 - 65)

An experiment was carried out in the laboratory of the Department of Horticulture in Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka to asses the post harvest losses and shelf life of tomato during the period from 15 March to 25 April 2006. The experiment comprised of two factors i.e. several colors of polythene bag (viz. Control, Black Polythene, Blue polythene, Yellow polythene and White transparent polythene) and different types of polythene (viz. sealed and perforated) at refrigerated condition (100 C). The colors of polythene had significant influence on total weight loss, time required for color development, firmness, moisture percentage, dry matter percentage and shelf life of tomato. Black polythene was found to be superior to other colors of polythene in respect of all the parameters. Types of polythene had significant effect on all the parameters except shelf life (days). Sealed polythene was found to be the best in all the parameters except shelf life of tomato. There was significant variation among the treatments resulted from the combination of color and types of polythene in respect to all the parameters. Shelf life of tomato was the highest (34.09 days) with black perforated polythene. The highest firmness (96.75%), moisture (98.38%), dry matter (9.73%) was in black sealed polythene condition respectively. The best result was obtained from black polythene when combined with sealed condition. Download