Two students of Rajalakshmi Engineering College have come up with an innovative idea to preserve greens on a small scale in an Eco friendly and cost effective way.
Given the Indian scenario that more than 40% of the farm produce of fruits and veggies is lost to spoilage during storage and transport it is very important to concentrate on preserving the produce in an economically viable and environment friendly manner.
N.Gayathree and Gayatri Shankar are final year students of the Department of Biotechnology of Rajalakshmi Engineering College. According to these students they envisioned this creative concept of developing such bags last year when they were working on a class assignment. A further study on the ripening of fruits helped them understand the current scenario of fruit preservation and helped them engage in employing easily available raw materials for the development of their product. The product is a double layered bag with the property of maintaining an Ethylene free atmosphere for the fruits placed inside it. The main aim is to resolve the problems associated with loss of produce due to over ripening and thus associated spoilage of fruits. These bags have been tested by them using green tomatoes and found to have a good effect in delaying the ripening of the same by 6 days. The team intends to carry out further tests related to the toxicity and the effect on different types of fruits in the near future.
PUBLISHED IN 'CHENNAI CITIZEN' DATED 19/09/2010;
Authored by N.Gayathree and Gaya3Shank!
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