EFFECT OF ARGEL (SOLENOSTEMMAARGEL) ETHANOLIC LEAVES EXTRACT ON THE SHELF LIFE OF BANANA (MUSASP.)FRUITS

Abstract

The present investigation was undertaken under laboratory conditions at the Plant protection Department, College of Agricultural Studies (CAS), Sudan University of Science and Technology (SUST), to study the effect of ethanolic extracts of argel leaves (Solenostemma argel) during March 2017. The study was conducted to prolong the shelf life of banana fruits using ethanolic extracts of the argel leaves that collected from bahri market. The banana fruits were then coated with the different extracts concentrations (100%, 50% and 25%) under laboratory conditions where the temperature is around 25 0 C. Another banana fruits were then kept untreated as control. The results revealed that the shelf life of banana fruits was prolonged upto 4 days showing significant difference (P= 0.05) between the three concentrations of ethanolic extracts and the control. These results are indicative of bio potential extending material of the shelf life of banana fruits.