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Impact of Pre-harvest Fruit Bagging Technology on Growth and Quality Traits in Litchi cv. Rose Scented under Indian Prospective

Version 1 : Received: 30 August 2020 / Approved: 31 August 2020 / Online: 31 August 2020 (16:25:13 CEST)

How to cite: Chand, S.; Sharma, R.; Srivastava, R.; Chandra, A. K. Impact of Pre-harvest Fruit Bagging Technology on Growth and Quality Traits in Litchi cv. Rose Scented under Indian Prospective. Preprints 2020, 2020080725. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202008.0725.v1 Chand, S.; Sharma, R.; Srivastava, R.; Chandra, A. K. Impact of Pre-harvest Fruit Bagging Technology on Growth and Quality Traits in Litchi cv. Rose Scented under Indian Prospective. Preprints 2020, 2020080725. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202008.0725.v1

Abstract

Litchi orchards of 15 year age in Pantnagar were subjected to different fruit bagging treatments in study entitled “Impact of pre-harvest fruit bagging technology on growth and quality traits in litchi cv. Rose Scented under Indian prospective”. The combination includes white and pink polypropylene bags practiced on three dates i.e. 15, 25 and 30 days after fruit set and a control. Hence, study comprised of 7 treatment combination in total. The data of year 2017 and 2018 as well as pooled data revealed that T1 i.e. white polypropylene bags + bagging 15 days after fruit set was found to be promising in attributes such as fruit cracking (%) and Sun burn (%). T3 White Polypropylene bags + bagging 30 days after fruit set was found best for fruit Weight (g) and Acidity (%), T4 Pink Polypropylene bags + bagging 15 days after fruit set was found promising for TSS (0Brix), T6-Polypropylene Pink + 10th May (30 days after fruit set) was observed to be best for most of the desired attributes viz. Fruit breadth (mm), Yield (Kg/tree), Acidity (%), Anthocyanin (mg/100g), Fruit colour (visual), borer infestation (%) and B:C Ratio. However, fruits without bagging i.e. control were found to have inferior appearance and have maximum fruit cracking (%) and sun burn (%). Thus the bagging of litchi fruits with white polypropylene bags 15 days after fruit set resulted in lesser cracking and sunburn incidence. For other attributes, polypropylene pink bagged 30 days after fruit set was found promising. In Litchi under Indian condition, the novel technique of fruit bagging significantly enhance the fruit appearance and quality.

Keywords

litchi; fruit bagging; bag colours; dates; quality

Subject

Biology and Life Sciences, Agricultural Science and Agronomy

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