This study was carried out on the effectiveness of calcium chloride (CaCl2
) treatments on the
post harvest quality of peach fruits during cold storage at 10o
C and 75 ± 5% RH. Different
solutions of CaCl2
such as 1% (T1
), 2% (T2
) and 3% (T3
) were prepared and the fruits were
dipped for five minutes, while (To
) was left with out calcium chloride treatment as control. The
fruits were packed in corrugated soft board cartons (24״ x 12״ x 08״ dimension) and stored at
10o
C. The physicochemical analysis such as weight loss, fruit firmness, Total Soluble Solids
(TSS), decay index and ascorbic acid content were determined at an interval of four days.
Statistical analysis showed that storage intervals and treatments have significant retention (P
< 0.05) effects on the quality parameters of the peach fruits during cold storage. A significant
decrease was observed in fruit firmness (1.9-0.6 kg) and ascorbic acid content (6.76-2.89
mg/100g), while a significant increase was observed in TSS (8.3-12.2o
brix), decay index (0-
43.83%) and % weight loss (0-11.92) during cold storage. Results showed that one and two
percent calcium chloride treated fruits have little improvement while fruits treated with 3%
calcium chloride were found to be most acceptable as per physicochemical analyses.