Effect of wrapping material on quality parameters of guava (Psidium guajava L.) fruits during storage

Abstract

An experiment was conducted in Post-harvest Laboratory of the Department of Horticulture, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, to examine the effect of different wrapping materials on physiological parameters of guava cv. Safeda stored at room temperature during rainy season. The guava fruits harvested at mature green stage were individually wrapped in different wrappers such as tissue paper, blotting paper and newspaper, whereas control was kept unwrapped. The fruits were examined for shelf-life, physiological loss in weight and other physical parameters at different days of storage. The results revealed that guava fruits wrapped in tissue paper followed by butter paper proved to be the best treatments among all the treatments, which not only extended the shelf life and increased marketable fruits but also reduced the post-harvest losses without adversely affecting the fruit quality of guava. These treatments were found easy for practical application for extending the shelf life of guava.