increases the cohesion of cell-walls (Demarty et al., 1984). It is also involved in reducing the rate of senescence and fruit ripening (Ferguson, 1984). A 1% solution of CaCl2 delayed fruit ripening, improved resistance to fungal attack and maintained structural integrity of cell walls of strawberry during a 10 day storage period at 3°C (Lara et al., 2004). Moreover, softening was delayed and storage life was increased by 10–12 weeks in Kiwi fruits stored at 0°C by application of 1% CaCl2 compared with untreated fruit (Dimitrios & Pavlina, 2005). Keeping in view the usefulness of CaCl2 treatments in fruits as revealed by various scientists, the present study was aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of postharvest immersion of different CaCl2 concentrations on the postharvest quality attributes of loquat fruit in refrigerated store