Sr. No. Treatments Spoilage (%) No. of days (Storage period) 4th 6th 8th 10th 12th 1 GA3 150 mg/l 6.00 21.70 41.33 61.13 88.50 2 GA3 300 mg/l 5.50 20.87 40.83 65.92 85.75 3 Kinetin 100 mg/l 8.50 24.78 45.50 68.96 87.75 4 Kinetin 200 mg/l 7.00 22.44 42.24 67.67 90.25 5 Ethrel 1000 mg/l 10.25 26.14 50.90 76.25 100.00 6 Ethrel 2000 mg/l 11.25 28.90 52.32 75.00 100.00 7 CaCl2 5000 mg/l 4.50 17.51 36.57 50.02 80.00 8 CaCl2 10,000 mg/l 4.00 15.02 34.69 50.71 75.00 9 Control 10.00 25.03 48.55 73.27 100.00 S.Em. ± 0.37 0.96 1.65 2.94 1.78 C.D. (0.05%) 1.06 2.79 4.80 8.51 5.17 C.V. % 9.84 8.55 7.57 8.97 3.98

Table 3: Effect of different levels of post-harvest treatments of chemical and growth regulators on spoilage of sapota fruits cv. Kalipatti.