Effect of Different Post Harvest Treatments, Packaging and Storage Condition on French Bean (Phaseolaus vulgaris L.)

The present investigation was under taken to study the effect of different post harvest treatments, packaging and storage condition on French bean. The experiment was conducted under the laboratory of Horticulture Department, Institute of Agriculture, Visva-Bharati University, Sriniketan, West Bengal (India) during the period of January to March 2013. The results from the investigation revealed minimum physiological loss in weight at 14th day (17.41 g/100g), the highest dry matter content (7.68%), total sugar content (3.53 g/100g) and crude protein content (1.33 g/100g) in S3 P2 T1 (i.e., Refrigerated storage, perforated polythene packing and CaCl2 treatment) at the final stage of consumption.