Fresh Insight: Enhancing Verdant Leafy Vegetable’s Shelf Life Via Modified Atmosphere Packing and Storage

This study aimed to enhance the durability of selected green leafy vegetables, including Lettuce and Palak, by manipulating influential factors such as storage conditions (Ambient (35±5°C) Refrigerated (5±5°C)), packing substrate (Low-density polyethylene High-density covers), gas composition using modified atmosphere packaging. Factorial completely randomized design (FCRD) was employed, incorporating a total 12 treatments for each crop. The evaluation primarily relied on calculating physiological weight loss. showed optimal results with treatment T5 (0.38%) exhibiting superior performance, followed T6 (0.45%) T3 (0.58%) under ambient conditions. Similarly, palak, (0.18%) outperformed (0.19%) T2 (0.37%). Thus, it is advisable adopt (R1G3M1) preferred (R1G2M1) viable alternative lettuce performed optimally T11 (0.54%) leading, T7 (0.56%) T9 (0.69%). palak exhibited (0.61%) in fore, succeeded (0.77%) (0.97%). Notably, produce stored had relatively short shelf life approximately 5 days, while refrigeration extended 15 after which decline quality observed across all treatments. Therefore, refrigerated has an life, (R2G2M1) (R2G1M1) yielding highly favorable outcomes.