Vol. 6, Issue 4 (2018)
Effect of inorganic and organic sources of nutrients on physico-chemical composition and shelf life of custard apple (Annona squamosa L.) cv. Balanagar
Author(s): DB Waghmare, Dr. AM Bhosale and SJ Syed
Abstract: The field study was carried out at Custard apple Research Station, Ambejogai, Dist. Beed. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with fourteen treatments and three replications. The results indicated that there was maximum fruit weight (221.13 g) recorded in T4 (100% RDF +Azotobacter + PSB) while the lowest values for these observations were recorded under control treatment (T14). As regards to the fruit quality, the physical attributes as length of fruit (8.33 cm) recorded maximum in treatment T2 (100% RDF + FYM + Azotobacter + PSB) followed by treatment T3 (100% RDF +FYM + Azotobacter), width of fruit (8.60 cm), pulp weight (90.17 g) and peel weight (110.22 g), pulp to peel ratio (0.85), percentage of pulp (42.25%), percentage of peel (49.62%), number of seeds per fruit (36 seeds) maximum in T2 (100% RDF + FYM + Azotobacter + PSB) followed by treatment T6 (75% RDF + FYM + Azotobacter + PSB) and minimum seed weight (18.20 g) were found significantly higher in the treatment T2 (100% RDF + FYM + Azotobacter + PSB) followed by treatment T3 (100% RDF + FYM + Azotobacter) while the lowest values for these observations were recorded under control treatment (T14). The biochemical attributes viz., total soluble solids (23.80%), reducing sugar (14.11 %), non- reducing sugar (3.46%), total sugars (17.57%), ascorbic acid (37.22 mg per 100 g of pulp), minimum acidity (0.32%) observed in treatment T2 (100% RDF + FYM + Azotobacter + PSB) followed by treatment T3 (100% RDF +FYM + Azotobacter).
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DB Waghmare, Dr. AM Bhosale, SJ Syed. Effect of inorganic and organic sources of nutrients on physico-chemical composition and shelf life of custard apple (Annona squamosa L.) cv. Balanagar. Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(4):1201-1205.
