Table 6.
Effect of plant extracts treatment and storage conditions on ascorbic acid content (mg/100 g of pulp) of mango fruits cv. Dashehari
| Treatments | Storage period (days) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 8 | 12 | |||||||
| C.S. | A.T. | Mean | C.S. | A.T. | Mean | C.S. | A.T. | Mean | |
| Control | 42.1 | 40.5 | 41.3 | 36.3 | 25.1 | 30.7 | 28.5 | 14.7 | 21.6 |
| Neem 10 % | 43.8 | 41.3 | 42.5 | 37.8 | 27.4 | 32.6 | 29.9 | 18.4 | 24.1 |
| Neem 20 % | 43.8 | 41.6 | 42.7 | 37.9 | 27.9 | 32.9 | 30.0 | 18.5 | 24.3 |
| C.A. 10 % | 42.5 | 40.2 | 41.3 | 37.1 | 25.4 | 31.3 | 29.1 | 16.3 | 22.7 |
| C.A. 20 % | 42.6 | 40.3 | 41.5 | 37.4 | 26.2 | 31.8 | 29.2 | 16.8 | 23.0 |
| Pongamia 10 % | 43.1 | 40.5 | 41.8 | 37.7 | 26.4 | 32.1 | 29.5 | 18.1 | 23.8 |
| Pongamia 20 % | 43.2 | 40.6 | 41.9 | 37.3 | 27.5 | 32.4 | 29.7 | 18.3 | 24.0 |
| Marigold 10 % | 42.2 | 40.1 | 41.2 | 36.4 | 26.2 | 31.3 | 28.4 | 15.0 | 21.7 |
| Marigold 20 % | 42.1 | 40.1 | 41.1 | 36.1 | 25.5 | 30.8 | 28.4 | 15.0 | 21.7 |
| Storage cond. mean | 42.8 | 40.6 | 37.1 | 26.4 | 29.2 | 16.8 | |||
| S.Em± | C.D. 5 % | S.Em± | C.D. 5 % | S.Em± | C.D. 5 % | ||||
| Storage condition (A) | 0.006 | 0.017 | 0.008 | 0.024 | 0.011 | 0.031 | |||
| Treatment (B) | 0.012 | 0.036 | 0.018 | 0.052 | 0.023 | 0.066 | |||
| AХB interaction | 0.018 | 0.051 | 0.025 | 0.073 | 0.032 | 0.093 | |||
-Acronyms: CA Custard apple, CS Cold store, AT Ambient temperature
-Each observation is a mean of 3 replicate (r = 3)
-Cool store (13 C; 85 % RH), ambient condition (average temperature 36 C; 75.8 % RH)