Table 1

Notations	Treatments	Storage days					Mean	% increase over control
		5	10	15	20	25
T_₀	Control	5.70	5.10	4.10	*	*	2.98	0
T_₁	Cacl_₂2% + Paraffin wax emulsion 10% + LDPE	6.10	6.00	5.85	5.55	*	4.70	57.72
T_₂	Cacl_₂4% + Paraffin wax emulsion 12% + LDPE	5.90	5.70	5.45	5.15	4.30	5.30	77.85
T_₃	Cacl_₂2% + Paraffin wax emulsion 10% + HDPE	6.00	5.85	5.55	5.10	*	4.50	51.01
T_₄	Cacl_₂4% + Paraffin wax emulsion 12% + HDPE	6.10	5.90	5.60	5.10	*	4.54	52.35
T_₅	Cacl_₂2% + Paraffin wax emulsion 10% + Cling film	6.10	6.00	5.85	5.60	5.25	5.76	93.29
T_₆	Cacl_₂4% + Paraffin wax emulsion 12% + Cling film	5.90	5.80	5.70	5.40	4.70	5.50	84.56
T_₇	Cacl_₂2% + Paraffin wax emulsion 10% + Gunny bag	6.10	6.00	5.80	5.30	*	4.64	55.70
T_₈	Cacl_₂4% + Paraffin wax emulsion 12% + Gunny bag	6.10	6.00	5.70	5.25	*	4.61	54.70
T_₉	Cacl_₂2% + Paraffin wax emulsion 10% + CFB	5.90	5.75	5.60	5.30	4.80	5.47	83.56
T_₁₀	Cacl_₂4% + Paraffin wax emulsion 12% + CFB	6.10	6.00	5.75	5.40	4.95	5.64	89.26
T_₁₁	Cacl_₂2% + Paraffin wax emulsion 10% + News paper	5.85	5.75	5.50	5.25	*	4.47	50.00
T_₁₂	Cacl_₂4% + Paraffin wax emulsion 12% + News paper	5.80	5.65	5.40	5.20	*	4.41	47.99
	SEm±	0.07	0.10	0.09	0.06	0.04
	CD at 5 %	0.20	0.30	O.26	0.19	0.13

Table 1: Effect of different packaging materials on "Fruit length (cm)" in Nagpur mandarin

Note:- *fruits are completely spoiled

Table 2

Notations	Treatments	Storage days					Mean	% increase over control
		5	10	15	20	25
T_₀	Control	6.10	5.50	4.40	*	*	3.2	0
T_₁	Cacl_₂2% + Paraffin wax emulsion 10% + LDPE	6.90	6.80	6.50	6.00	*	5.24	63.75
T_₂	Cacl_₂4% + Paraffin wax emulsion 12% + LDPE	6.70	6.50	6.25	5.85	5.50	6.16	92.5
T_₃	Cacl_₂2% + Paraffin wax emulsion 10% + HDPE	6.50	6.30	6.00	5.60	*	4.88	52.5
T_₄	Cacl_₂4% + Paraffin wax emulsion 12% + HDPE	6.80	6.60	6.30	6.00	*	5.14	60.63
T_₅	Cacl_₂2% + Paraffin wax emulsion 10% + Cling film	7.0	6.90	6.80	6.60	6.20	6.7	109.36
T_₆	Cacl_₂4% + Paraffin wax emulsion 12% + Cling film	6.75	6.65	6.45	6.10	5.80	6.35	98.44
T_₇	Cacl_₂2% + Paraffin wax emulsion 10% + Gunny bag	6.95	6.85	6.70	5.70	*	5.24	63.75
T_₈	Cacl_₂4% + Paraffin wax emulsion 12% + Gunny bag	6.85	6.70	6.40	5.80	*	5.15	60.94
T_₉	Cacl_₂2% + Paraffin wax emulsion 10% + CFB	6.70	6.60	6.40	6.00	5.90	6.32	97.50
T_₁₀	Cacl_₂4% + Paraffin wax emulsion 12% + CFB	6.80	6.70	6.55	6.30	6.00	6.47	102.19
T_₁₁	Cacl_₂2% + Paraffin wax emulsion 10% + News paper	6.80	6.75	6.50	6.35	*	5.28	65.00
T_₁₂	Cacl_₂4% + Paraffin wax emulsion 12% + News paper	6.85	6.60	6.45	6.30	*	5.24	63.75
	SEm±	0.10	0.10	0.07	0.09	0.06
	CD at 5 %	0.29	0.30	0.22	0.25	0.19

Table 2: Effect of different packaging materials on "Fruit girth (cm)" in Nagpur mandarin

Note:- *fruits are completely spoiled

Table 3

Notations	Treatments	Storage days
		5	10	15	20	25	Mean	% increase over control
T_₀	Control	0.91	0.92	0.94	*	*	2.77	0
T_₁	Cacl_₂2% + Paraffin wax emulsion 10% + LDPE	0.86	0.86	0.88	0.91	*	3.51	26.71
T_₂	Cacl_₂4% + Paraffin wax emulsion 12% + LDPE	0.83	0.88	0.91	0.92	0.93	4.46	61.01
T_₃	Cacl_₂2% + Paraffin wax emulsion 10% + HDPE	0.89	0.91	0.91	0.92	*	3.62	30.69
T_₄	Cacl_₂4% + Paraffin wax emulsion 12% + HDPE	0.82	0.87	0.86	0.88	*	3.44	24.19
T_₅	Cacl_₂2% + Paraffin wax emulsion 10% + Cling film	0.82	0.82	0.84	0.85	0.85	4.17	51.85
T_₆	Cacl_₂4% + Paraffin wax emulsion 12% + Cling film	0.85	0.85	0.86	0.86	0.86	4.28	54.51
T_₇	Cacl_₂2% + Paraffin wax emulsion 10% + Gunny bag	0.84	0.85	0.86	0.91	*	3.46	24.91
T_₈	Cacl_₂4% + Paraffin wax emulsion 12% + Gunny bag	0.87	0.87	0.86	0.88	*	3.49	25.99
T_₉	Cacl_₂2% + Paraffin wax emulsion 10% + CFB	0.85	0.85	0.86	0.86	0.86	4.28	54.51
T_₁₀	Cacl_₂4% + Paraffin wax emulsion 12% + CFB	0.82	0.84	0.84	0.85	0.86	4.2	51.62
T_₁₁	Cacl_₂2% + Paraffin wax emulsion 10% + News paper	0.85	0.86	0.86	0.87	*	3.43	23.83
T_₁₂	Cacl_₂4% + Paraffin wax emulsion 12% + News paper	0.85	0.86	0.86	0.87	*	3.43	23.83
	SEm±	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.04	0.03
	CD at 5 %	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.02	0.01

Table 3: Effect of different packaging materials on "Fruit shape index (cm)" in Nagpur mandarin

Note:- *fruits are completely spoiled

Table 4

Notations	Treatments	Storage days
		5	10	15	20	25	Mean	% decreaseover control
T_₀	Control	17.6	36.1	69.3	100	100	64.6	0
T_₁	Cacl_₂2% + Paraffin wax emulsion 10% + LDPE	4.6	15.7	32.2	49.2	100	40.3	37.51
T_₂	Cacl_₂4% + Paraffin wax emulsion 12% + LDPE	4.5	14.6	28.3	48.1	68.2	32.8	49.26
T_₃	Cacl_₂2% + Paraffin wax emulsion 10% + HDPE	7.4	22.3	40.7	52.4	100	44.6	30.97
T_₄	Cacl_₂4% + Paraffin wax emulsion 12% + HDPE	7.62	21.2	38.7	49.2	58.94	35.13	45.59
T_₅	Cacl_₂2% + Paraffin wax emulsion 10% + Cling film	3.20	13.2	27.3	38.4	49.62	26.35	59.19
T_₆	Cacl_₂4% + Paraffin wax emulsion 12% + Cling film	3.12	12.7	26.3	36.7	48.55	25.48	60.53
T_₇	Cacl_₂2% + Paraffin wax emulsion 10% + Gunny bag	8.40	24.4	38.5	56.4	100	45.55	29.46
T_₈	Cacl_₂4% + Paraffin wax emulsion 12% + Gunny bag	8.12	23.1	39.6	58.9	100	45.94	28.85
T_₉	Cacl_₂2% + Paraffin wax emulsion 10% + CFB	2.41	10.1	19.2	30.1	43.26	21.02	67.45
T_₁₀	Cacl_₂4% + Paraffin wax emulsion 12% + CFB	2.12	9.62	17.4	29.9	42.09	20.24	68.65
T_₁₁	Cacl_₂2% + Paraffin wax emulsion 10% + News paper	3.45	16.1	22.6	43.4	100	37.13	42.50
T_₁₂	Cacl_₂4% + Paraffin wax emulsion 12% + News paper	4.65	14.3	21.0	42.2	100	36.44	43.57
23	SEm±	0.12	0.39	0.57	0.67	0.94
	CD at 5 %	0.35	1.15	1.66	1.96	2.75

Table 4: Effect of different packaging materials on "Fruit spoilage (%)" in Nagpur mandarin

Note:- *fruits are completely spoiled

Table 5

Specific gravity
Notations	Treatments	Storage days
		5	10	15	20	25	Mean	% change over control
T_₀	Control	0.85	0.85	0.83	*	*	2.53	0
T_₁	Cacl_₂2% + Paraffin wax emulsion 10% + LDPE	0.93	0.92	0.91	0.88	*	3.64	43.87
T_₂	Cacl_₂4% + Paraffin wax emulsion 12% + LDPE	0.90	0.88	0.86	0.85	0.83	4.33	71.15
T_₃	Cacl_₂2% + Paraffin wax emulsion 10% + HDPE	0.91	0.90	0.88	0.86	*	3.55	40.32
T_₄	Cacl_₂4% + Paraffin wax emulsion 12% + HDPE	0.93	0.91	0.88	0.88	0.86	4.46	76.28
T_₅	Cacl_₂2% + Paraffin wax emulsion 10% + Cling film	0.92	0.91	0.89	0.87	0.86	4.44	75.49
T_₆	Cacl_₂4% + Paraffin wax emulsion 12% + Cling film	0.93	0.92	0.89	0.87	*	3.61	42.69
T_₇	Cacl_₂2% + Paraffin wax emulsion 10% + Gunny bag	0.92	0.90	0.88	0.82	*	3.52	39.13
T_₈	Cacl_₂4% + Paraffin wax emulsion 12% + Gunny bag	0.91	0.90	0.89	0.86	*	3.56	40.71
T_₉	Cacl_₂2% + Paraffin wax emulsion 10% + CFB	0.95	0.94	0.94	0.93	0.90	4.66	84.19
T_₁₀	Cacl_₂4% + Paraffin wax emulsion 12% + CFB	0.94	0.91	0.90	0.87	0.85	4.48	77.08
T_₁₁	Cacl_₂2% + Paraffin wax emulsion 10% + News paper	0.88	0.87	0.87	0.85	*	3.47	37.15
T_₁₂	Cacl_₂4% + Paraffin wax emulsion 12% + News paper	0.89	0.88	0.87	0.86	*	3.50	38.34
	SEm±	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
	CD at 5 %	0.04	0.04	0.03	0.03	0.02

Table 5: Effect of different packaging materials on "specific gravity" in Nagpur mandarin

Note:- *fruits are completely spoiled

Table 6

Notations	Treatments	Storage days
		5	10	15	20	25	Mean	% decrease over control
T_₀	Control	8.28	15.24	23.80	*	*	9.46	0
T_₁	Cacl_₂2% + Paraffin wax emulsion 10% + LDPE	0.78	1.34	2.32	3.84	*	1.66	82.45
T_₂	Cacl_₂4% + Paraffin wax emulsion 12% + LDPE	0.96	1.89	2.64	3.48	4.45	2.68	71.67
T_₃	Cacl_₂2% + Paraffin wax emulsion 10% + HDPE	1.18	2.08	3.36	4.91	*	2.31	75.58
T_₄	Cacl_₂4% + Paraffin wax emulsion 12% + HDPE	0.97	1.28	2.64	3.96	4.86	2.74	71.03
T_₅	Cacl_₂2% + Paraffin wax emulsion 10% + Cling film	1.08	1.39	2.69	4.09	4.98	2.85	69.87
T_₆	Cacl_₂4% + Paraffin wax emulsion 12% + Cling film	0.92	1.32	2.54	3.98	4.13	2.58	72.73
T_₇	Cacl_₂2% + Paraffin wax emulsion 10% + Gunny bag	0.82	1.12	2.45	3.86	*	1.65	82.56
T_₈	Cacl_₂4% + Paraffin wax emulsion 12% + Gunny bag	0.87	1.65	2.36	3.44	*	1.66	82.45
T_₉	Cacl_₂2% + Paraffin wax emulsion 10% + CFB	0.54	1.23	2.28	3.09	4.02	2.23	76.43
T_₁₀	Cacl_₂4% + Paraffin wax emulsion 12% + CFB	0.32	0.98	2.01	2.93	3.47	1.94	79.49
T_₁₁	Cacl_₂2% + Paraffin wax emulsion 10% + News paper	3.45	5.23	7.31	9.18	*	5.03	46.83
T_₁₂	Cacl_₂4% + Paraffin wax emulsion 12% + News paper	4.65	5.36	6.68	8.78	*	5.09	46.19
	SEm±	0.06	0.11	0.17	0.08	0.07
	CD at 5 %	0.17	0.32	0.51	0.24	0.22

Table 6: Effect of different packaging materials on "Physiological loss in weight (%)"in Nagpur mandarin

Note:- *fruits are completely spoiled

Tables at a glance

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Figures at a glance

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FIGURE 1

Figure 1: Effect of different packaging materials on "Fruit shape index (cm)" in Nagpur mandarin

FIGURE 2

Figure 2: Effect of different packaging materials on "Fruit spoilage (%)" in Nagpur mandarin

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Figure 3: Effect of different packaging materials on "Physiological loss in weight (%)"in Nagpur mandarin