Nondestructive maturity assessment tools for commercially viable fruits and vegetables in Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorOkiror, Paul
dc.contributor.authorLejju, Julius Bunny
dc.contributor.authorBahati, Joseph
dc.contributor.authorKagoro Rugunda, Grace
dc.contributor.authorSebuuwufu, Collins Inno
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-18T04:30:59Z
dc.date.available2021-12-18T04:30:59Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractFruit and vegetable maturity at harvest influences transportation and storage requirements as well as market value. However, small scale farmers in Uganda lack technologies for maturity assessment leading to high pre- and post-harvest losses and low financial returns from fruit and vegetable farms. This study, therefore, assessed the development of fruits (pineapple, passion fruit, watermelon) and vegetables (cabbage, egg plant, pumpkin and tomato), determined optimal maturity indices and fabricated and tested nondestructive tools for maturity assessment. Propagation trials and testing of tools were undertaken at Nangabo and Kangulumira sub counties in central Uganda. The findings show that eggplant, passion fruit, pineapple and pumpkin underwent 3 distinct development stages during which their diameter, length and outer colour changed. Cabbage remained green, but its bulb diameter and length varied with maturity. Watermelon had 4 development stages with significant (P≤0.05) changes in morphology and outer colour. Tomato fruits had 6 distinct outer colour changes. Age and colour were maturity indices for passion fruit. Fruit age and diameter were the maturity indices for watermelon. Age, diameter, length and colour were the maturity indices for pineapple, tomato and eggplanten_US
dc.identifier.citationOkiror, P., Lejju, J. B., Bahati, J., Rugunda, G. K., & Sebuuwufu, C. I. (2017). Nondestructive maturity assessment tools for commercially viable fruits and vegetables in Uganda. African Journal of Plant Science. DOI: 10.5897/AJPS2017.1559en_US
dc.identifier.issn1996-0824
dc.identifier.other10.5897/AJPS2017.1559
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/774
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAfrican Journal of Plant Scienceen_US
dc.subjectFruiten_US
dc.subjectKangulumiraen_US
dc.subjectMaturity indexen_US
dc.subjectMaturity determination toolsen_US
dc.subjectNangaboen_US
dc.subjectVegetableen_US
dc.titleNondestructive maturity assessment tools for commercially viable fruits and vegetables in Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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