Plant extracts to reduce physiological loss in weight of ber (Zizyphus mauritiana Lamk.) fruits during storage

Abstract

Natural extracts from plant parts have antimicrobial activities as they contain phenolics, alkaloids and many bioactive molecules. These extracts in water, ethanol, acetone, methanol, esters etc. are being actively used as an alternative technique for pre-storage treatment of fruit crops. The extracts prepared from curry leaves, ginger rhizomes, neem leaves, kinnow peel and ber leaves have been reported to have antimicrobial activities and so reduces microbial decay and physiological loss in weight (PLW) of ber fruits.