Abstract: Sunlight plays a very significant role in the growth and proliferation of trees, including tree crops, fruits and vegetables. However, same cannot be said for it about its effect on vegetables postharvest. The objective of this study was to assess the postharvest effect of sunlight on cabbage, carrot and spring onion harvested from the University of Cape Coast Teaching and Research Farm, Ghana. Vegetables were sectioned into three groups; the control; samples exposed to ambient light and samples exposed to sunlight. Moisture content, titratable acidity, total soluble.....
Keywords: Sunlight, Enzymatic activity, Vegetable, Postharvest effect, physicochemical properties
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