Effect of long distance transport on farm fresh tomatoes

Authors

  • R. K. Goyal Central Institute of Post Harvest Engineering and Technology, Ludhiana - 141 004 Author
  • Dilip Kumar Central Institute of Post Harvest Engineering and Technology, Ludhiana - 141 004 Author
  • Himanshu Walia Central Institute of Post Harvest Engineering and Technology, Ludhiana - 141 004 Author
  • Pushpinder Kumar Central Institute of Post Harvest Engineering and Technology, Ludhiana - 141 004 Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52151/jae2005422.1125

Abstract

Fresh tomatoes of Avinash-2 variety at pink and breaker stage were transported for distance of 400 km. Three types of packaging mediums namely Plastic crates, Corrugated fibre board boxes and wooden boxes were used. The cushioning materials used were grass, paper and straw. The overall minimum damage was recorded in Tj (Breaker: Plastic crate: Grass) i.e. 3.93% followed by T. (Breaker: Wooden: Paper) i.e. 4.10% and T. (Breaker: Wooden: Straw) i.e. 4.38%. The overall mean damage (%) for wooden box was significantly lesser than plastic crates (9.83%) ·and corrugated fibreboard box (10.98%).

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References

Sharan Girja; Srivastava SM (2000) Cartons for farm fresh tomatoes. Packaging India 37-41.

Sreenarayanan VV; Palaniswamy P T 1995 Post harvesting handling and modified atmosphere packaging of tomato. Phala Samskarnana: 321-324.

Thangavel K; Kasthuri R; Kailappan R 1999 Post harvest profile of tomato. Deptt. of Agricultural Processing. Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. Coimbatore - 641003.

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Published

2005-06-30

Issue

Vol. 42 No. 2 (2005)

Section

Regular Issue

How to Cite

R. K. Goyal, Dilip Kumar, Himanshu Walia, & Pushpinder Kumar. (2005). Effect of long distance transport on farm fresh tomatoes. Journal of Agricultural Engineering (India), 42(2), 46-49. https://doi.org/10.52151/jae2005422.1125