The present investigation was carried out to know the effect of packaging materials and storage temperature on reducing the physiological loss in weight of amaranthus. | 2020 9 10 720-731 International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN 2319-7706 Volume 9 Number 10 2020 Journal homepage http Original Research Article https Studies on Effect of Different Packaging Materials and Storage Temperature on Physiological Loss in Weight of Amaranthus Amaranthus viridis M. S. Marichamy J. Jyothsna S. Harini V. Bhuvaneswari Devi B. Rajapriya A. Rajalakshmi and R. Ahaljith Department of Horticulture Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru College of Agriculture and Research Institute Karaikal . of Puducherry India Corresponding author ABSTRACT The experiment was conducted in the Department of Horticulture Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Keywords College of Agriculture and Research Institute Karaikal from January 2016 to March 2016 to standardize the effect of different packaging materials and storage temperature on Amaranthus PLW physiological loss in weight of amaranths. The experiment was laid out in CRD with ten Packaging treatments and three replications. The present study 100 g of freshly harvested tender materials Plastic green leaves along with roots were weighed and packed in different packing materials viz. Crates ZECC plastic crates 200 and 300 gauge polyethylene bag without and 1 per cent perforation Ambient storage followed by stored under ambient storage 25oC 2oC and - RH and Zero Energy Cool Chamber at - and - RH. The physiological loss Article Info in weight was recorded at four hours interval until loss of freshness. Generally PLW progressively increased with storage period from 4 hours after storage to 96 hours after Accepted storage with greater increases in amaranthus packed in plastic crates and stored under 07 September 2020 ambient condition T10 . Among the different treatments the treatment T 1 Amaranthus Available Online packed in 200 gauge polyethylene bag without perforation and stored under ZECC .
