Green Global
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EFFECT OF GROWTH REGULATORS ON PHYSICAL CHANGES AND SHELF LIFE OF BANANA DURING STORAGE (Pages : 31 - 35)

The experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of growth regulators on physical changes and on shelf life of banana during storage. There were five growth regulators viz; control, gibberallic acid (GA3), naphthalene acetic acid (NAA), benzyl adenine (BA) and kinetin with two varieties of banana viz Amritasagar (V1) and Sabri (V2). Results showed the striking changes between the varieties Amritasagar and Sabri fruits characteristics. Total weight loss (21.78%) was the highest in Amritasagar under control treatment, whereas GA3 treated Sabri the lowest (10.10%). The pulp to peel ratio were found significant except at 9th and12th days of storage. At 6th days of storage the maximum and minimum moisture content (67.58% and 63.49%) were observed in Amritasagar with control (V1T0) and Sabri with GA3 which followed by V1T1 (V1: Amritasagar T1: Gibberellic acid) treatment combination. The effect of growth regulator treatments and variety were not significant in relation to percent dry matter content at all days of storage. The growth regulators treatments showed highly significant variation in respect of shelf life among the treated and untreated bananas. GA3, BA and Kinetin treatments exhibited better storage performances. The variety Sabri treated with GA3 showed the longest shelf life (14.46 days) followed by BA treatment (12.30 days). The study revealed that GA3 treatment found minimum weight loss, pulp to peel ratio, percent moisture content and percent dry mater content. Download