Effect of post harvest treatments of calcium chloride, calcium nitrate and gibberellic acid on storage behaviour and quality of guava (psidium guajava l.) cv. lucknow -49.

An experiment was conducted at department of Horticulture, Annamalai University, Chidambaram to find out the effect of post harvest treatments of calcium chloride, calcium nitrate and gibberellic acid on storage behaviour and quality of guava (psidium guajava L.) cv Lucknow – 49. Thefruits were given post harvest treatment s of cacl2 (1%,2%,3%) calcium nitrate (1%,2%,3%) and GA3 (25,50,75 ppm ) each for 5 minutes. The fruits were dried in air and stored in ambient temperature. Among these treatment. Post harvest dipping of fruits in calcium chloride (2%) extended shelf life successfully for about 12 days.