Kajian pelapisan dan suhu penyimpanan untuk mencegah busuk buah pada salak pondoh (Salacca edulis reinw.)

Abstract

Snake fruit or salacca is a kind of perishable fruit. At room temperature, fresh salacca is only able to be stored less than 12 days. The mechanism of fruit rot during storage was influenced by mechanical, physiological and microbiological factors that result browning discoloration on the fruit flesh, wrinkled, dry and moldy. The aim of this research are: (1) to investigate the kinds of fruit rot on postharvest of salak pondoh; (2) to study the effect of coating of fruit and storage temperature on salak pondoh quality, and (3) to correlate the quality change of salak and mold growth during storage.The result of the research showed, the fungus occurred in fruit rot were mucor sp, aspergillus sp, fusarium sp and penicillium sp. Fresh fruit coating using aloevera and temperature treatment during storage had significant influence on quality changes including weight loss, flesh and skin water content, total soluble solid, firmness and sensory value. Due to prevention of fruit rot, Aloe vera coating was able to inhibit mold growth for 27 days during storage.