A field experiment was conducted at Horticulture Research
Centre, Pattharchatta, G.B.P.U.A. & T., Pantnagar to determine the impact
of pre-harvest fruit bagging on physico-chemical properties of litchi cv. Rose
Scented. The experiment included six treatment combinations consisting of
bagging materials of two colours viz.,
white polypropylene bag and pink polypropylene bag, bagged at three dates i.e.,
23rd April, 5th May and 10th May each. The
obtained results showed that treatment combination of WP+10th May significantly
increased the fruit weight (22.84 g), fruit diameter (3.63 cm) and red colour
of skin with anthocyanin content (25.94 mg/100g) of peel. However, T6 (PP+10th
May) showed the largest sized fruits with diameter of 3.70 cm, highest yield
(58.48 kg/tree) and dark pink red colour with maximum anthocyanin content of
26.18 mg/100g of peel which resulted in higher yield of superior quality
fruits. On the contrary, the highest TSS (19.23° Brix) was recorded in T4 (PP+
23rd April).