A Study on Cost Effective and Eco Friendly Earthen Pot Cool Chamber (EPCC-2) System for Rural Population to Store Post Harvest Vegetables

A. M. Murugan

¹Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.  

ABSTRACT: Present investigation was performed to assess the effect of storage of fruits and vegetables in eco-friendly earthen pot cool chamber (EPCC-2) for the purpose of house hold storages. Fruits and vegetables were stored in (EPCC-2) to find out the physiological loss in weight (PLW), heterotrophic microbial population, biochemical characteristics, organoleptic changes and shelf -life period. The results were compared with ambient and refrigerator storages. It was observed that the vegetables stored in earthen pot cool chamber remained fresh with a minimum changes in physiological weight loss, microbial load, organoleptic values and biochemical characteristics. EPCC-2 showed a higher degree of consumer preferences when compared with other two storage systems.

KEYWORDS: Post harvest; Earthen Pot Cool Chamber; Organoleptic Values; Physiological Weight Loss

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