Table 1.

Estimated postharvest losses for some fruits in developing countries and India

Fruit	Postharvest losses (% of production)
	In developing countries	In India
Apple	14	10–25
Banana	11–14	12–14
Mango	17–37	17–37
Tomato	13–16	10–20
Citrus	8–31	8–31
Grapes	27	23–30

(Chadha and Pareek 1993; Verma and Joshi 2000; Pulamte 2008)