EFFECT OF EXOGENOUS MELATONIN AND CHITOSAN TREATMENTS ON QUALITY AND BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES OF ‘BALADY BANZAHIR’ LIMES DURING SHELF LIFE
Journal: The Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences
Year: 2023

Limes undergo metabolic changes during shelf life resulting in rind disorders and green color fading that decrease fruit marketing. To retain fruit quality, some alternatives have been tested in attempts to retain quality and delay senescence during shelf life. In a completely randomized design experiment, the effect of 0.5 mM melatonin (MT) and 1% chitosan (CT) postharvest dipping either alone or in combination on quality of mature-green ‘Balady Banzahir’ limes during 20 days of shelf life at 2