Physico-chemical of Postharvest Strawberry Fruits.

Abstract

Morphology and physico-chemical properties of strawberry fruit varieties No. 50 and No. 70 were studied. The results showed that skin and pulp colour of cv. No. 50 were orangish red to dark red, seed colour was greenish yellow, yellow to red and sank into fruit skin. No.70 fruit had orangish red skin colour and orangish white pulp. Seed colour was pink, orange tored at 75% colour change and also sank into the fruit skin. Most of the fruits of both varieties had conic shape fruit. No.70 fruit shape was uniform for the whole growing season. In the early season No. 50 fruit shape was long wedge but in the late season was necked shape. Strawberry fruit cv. No. 50 and No. 70 at 25, 50 and 75% colour break had vitamin C content in the range of 41.94 to 44.86 mg./100 g. Reducing sugar of both varieties were higher than sucrose. No. 70 cultivar had higher total sugar and total soluble solids than No. 50. However, cv. No. 70 had lower titratable acidity and firmness than those of the cv. No. 50. The panel preferred No. 70 fruit to No. 50. Respiration rate of both varieties at 25 and 50% colour break stored at room temperature for 24 hours was not significantly different.