Effect of Harvesting Methods on Storage Behaviour of Mandarin (<i>Citrus Reticulata</i> Blanco) Under Cellar Condition

Pradeep Raj Rokaya; Dilli Ram Baral; Durga Mani Gautam; Arjun Kumar Shrestha; Krishna Prasad Paudyal

doi:doi:10.11648/j.ijsqa.20200601.12

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Effect of Harvesting Methods on Storage Behaviour of Mandarin (Citrus Reticulata Blanco) Under Cellar Condition

Pradeep Raj Rokaya, Dilli Ram Baral, Durga Mani Gautam, Arjun Kumar Shrestha, Krishna Prasad Paudyal

Published in International Journal of Science and Qualitative Analysis (Volume 6, Issue 1)

Received: 7 December 2019 Accepted: 9 April 2020 Published: 30 April 2020

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Mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco) is a premier fruit crop expanding rapidly in the hilly areas of Nepal. Most of the mandarin growers in Nepal are using conventional harvesting method which is responsible for deteriorating the fruit quality and shortening the postharvest shelf life. Thus, this experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of different harvesting methods on quality and shelf-life of mandarin during storage under the Cellar condition (11±2°C and 85-90% RH). For this, mandarin fruits harvested by different methods i.e. hitting by sticks, direct pulling, twisting and pulling, and clipping were stored for 90 days and fortnight interval reading of different quality parameters were carried out. The experimental results revealed that fruits harvested by clipper with small pedicel intact recorded the minimum PLW (3.15%), decay loss (8.33%), and TSS (10.57° Brix) and retained the higher fruit firmness (3.30 kg/cm²), maximum juice recovery percentage (49.69), TA (0.85%) and vitamin C (25.50 mg/100 ml) during the storage under Cellar condition. The study concluded that fruits harvesting with clipper can be stored safely up to three months under the Cellar condition.

Published in	International Journal of Science and Qualitative Analysis (Volume 6, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijsqa.20200601.12
Page(s)	8-12
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Fruit Firmness, Physiological Loss in Weight, Juice Content, Total Soluble Solids, and Titrable Acidity

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Pradeep Raj Rokaya; Dilli Ram Baral; Durga Mani Gautam; Arjun Kumar Shrestha; Krishna Prasad Paudyal. Effect of Harvesting Methods on Storage Behaviour of Mandarin (Citrus Reticulata Blanco) Under Cellar Condition. Int. J. Sci. Qual. Anal. 2020, 6(1), 8-12. doi: 10.11648/j.ijsqa.20200601.12

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Pradeep Raj Rokaya, Dilli Ram Baral, Durga Mani Gautam, Arjun Kumar Shrestha, Krishna Prasad Paudyal. Effect of Harvesting Methods on Storage Behaviour of Mandarin (Citrus Reticulata Blanco) Under Cellar Condition. Int J Sci Qual Anal. 2020;6(1):8-12. doi: 10.11648/j.ijsqa.20200601.12

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Pradeep Raj Rokaya

Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry University, Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal
Dilli Ram Baral

Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry University, Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal
Durga Mani Gautam

Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry University, Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal
Arjun Kumar Shrestha

Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry University, Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal
Krishna Prasad Paudyal

National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI), NARC, Khumaltar, Nepal

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Pradeep Raj Rokaya, Dilli Ram Baral, Durga Mani Gautam, Arjun Kumar Shrestha, Krishna Prasad Paudyal. Effect of Harvesting Methods on Storage Behaviour of Mandarin (Citrus Reticulata Blanco) Under Cellar Condition. Int J Sci Qual Anal. 2020;6(1):8-12. doi: 10.11648/j.ijsqa.20200601.12

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AU  - Dilli Ram Baral
AU  - Durga Mani Gautam
AU  - Arjun Kumar Shrestha
AU  - Krishna Prasad Paudyal
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