TY - JOUR AU - Khanal, Shraddha AU - Bhattarai, Kabindra PY - 2020/12/19 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Study on Post Harvest Losses in Potato in Different Storage Conditions JF - Journal of Food Science and Technology Nepal JA - J Food Sci Technol Nepal VL - 12 IS - 12 SE - Research Papers DO - 10.3126/jfstn.v12i12.25298 UR - https://nepjol.info/index.php/JFSTN/article/view/25298 SP - 14 - 19 AB - <p>The study aimed to conduct a comparative study of three most common potato storage conditions (in-house store, in-basket store and cold store) and to find the most suitable storage condition for farmers. The experimental work involved post-harvest loss assessment and study of pattern of respiratory and reducing sugar level for sixty days storage period. Total loss was lowest (4.38%) for cold stored potatoes and highest (13.04%) for in-house stored potatoes. Reducing sugar accumulation was least (0.65%) and remained almost constant throughout study period for in-house stored potatoes. Reducing sugar accumulation gradually increased and was maximum (1.04%) for cold stored potatoes. Respiratory rate was least in cold stored potatoes which gradually decreased and reached 3.17mg CO<sub>2</sub>/kg/hr at the end of sixty days storage. Respiratory rate was maximum for in-basket stored potatoes which reached up to 6.55 mg CO<sub>2</sub>/kg/hr at the end of storage. Storage loss and respiratory rate are minimum for cold stored potatoes but showed high sugar accumulation. In-house storage do not suffer from excessive sugar accumulation but storage loss is maximum of all. In case of in-basket storage, besides being cheap and feasible, there is no problem of sugar accumulation and storage losses was also significantly lower than in-house storage.</p> ER -