Prolonging the shelf life of Papaya (Carica papaya L.) using Aloe vera gel at ambient temperature

The edible coating is one of the promising aspects in the preservation of climacteric fruits like papaya. Among the various edible coating, Aloe vera gel has drawn serious attention to the scientific community as one of the promising bio-preservatives due to its human health benefit and antimicrobial properties. The packaging of fruits using polythene bag is already a common practice. Thus, this study was conducted to evaluate the effect of no packaging and packaging with both perforated and unperforated polythene, together with Aloe vera gel coated and uncoated papaya fruits on post-harvest ripening behaviour and physicochemical properties when stored at room condition (25 ± 2 °C temperature and 80–85 % relative humidity). The results showed that Aloe vera gel coating…