storage of 64.23 Slightly better results were obtained under ambient storage with LDPE PP-film, vacuum and shrink where the marketability was reduced to 65.49, 72.79. 71.79 and 71.77%, respectively in 4 days of storage. The samples stored in LDPE-film with pin holes and PP-film with pin holes could remain in marketable condition at 78.35 and 80.39x, to respectively u 4 days but rapidly lost marketability after that. It is observed from Table 4, that the refrigerated condition could enhance the shelf-life of samples in comparison to ambient condition irrespective of the packaging type. Control s maintain the marketability (82.59%) up to 4 days of storage. The samples stored in LDPE-film, PP-film, vacuum and shrink pack remained marketable (more than 80%) up to 12 days of storage Highest marketability (84.38%) of pointed gourd was observed in LDPE-film with pin holes packs after 16 days of storage The good storage performance of vegetables in terms of marketability in LDPE-film and PP-film with perforation in refrigerated storage could be attributed to the fact that low temperature storage along with modified atmosphere retarded the due to low respiration rate. The packs without any perforation showed higher rotting percentage and water accumu which may be due to anaerobic respiration. The perfor mance vacuum pack and shrink pack was significantly higher under refrigerated condition than that under ambient condition (2015) also reported similar studies in fresh guava Sahoo et al. packed in MAP and shrink wrap packaging techniques. Though no significant biochemical changes could be observed during the entire storage period, the marketability reduced rapidly in some of the packaging material due to higher rotting percentage (Sahoo et al., 2014)