Treatments Ascorbic acid (mg /100 g ) 3rd DOS 7th DOS 12th DOS Location I Location II Mean Location I Location II Mean Location I Location II Mean T1 14.88 15.02 14.95 11.02 11.21 11.11 8.11 8.26 8.18 T2 14.42 14.6 14.51 10.86 10.98 10.92 7.96 8.05 8.00 T3 14.65 14.82 14.73 10.68 10.85 10.76 7.75 7.88 7.81 T4 14.26 14.42 14.34 10.46 10.62 10.54 7.50 7.65 7.57 T5 15.52 15.70 15.61 11.52 11.70 11.61 8.66 8.95 8.80 T6 15.05 15.18 15.11 11.18 11.32 11.25 8.24 8.38 8.31 T7 15.28 15.45 15.36 11.35 11.52 11.43 8.48 8.56 8.52 T8 14.10 14.26 14.18 10.24 10.42 10.33 7.32 7.46 7.39 T9 13.95 14.08 14.01 10.02 10.18 10.10 7.15 7.24 7.19 Mean 14.67 14.83 14.75 10.81 10.97 10.89 7.90 8.04 7.97 SE d L T L x T L T L x T L T L x T 0.2412 0.5117 0.7237 0.1781 0.3778* 0.5343 0.1305 0.2769** 0.3916 CD (0.05) NS NS NS NS 0.7663 NS NS 0.5616 NS

T1 – 150 ppm GA3 T4 – 200 ppm Thiabendazole T7 – 1000 ppm CaCl2 + 200 ppm Thiabendazole T2 – 200 ppm BA T5– 150 ppm GA3 + 200 ppm Thiabendazole T8 – Hot water at 54°C T3 – 1000 ppm CaCl2 T6 – 200 ppm BA + 200 ppm Thiabendazole T9 – Control (Dipping fruits in normal water)

Table 9: Effect of post harvest treatments on ascorbic acid (mg /100 g) in fruits of banana cv. Nendran (AAB).