Effects of Use of Calcium Carbide And Ethephon in The Acceleration of Avocado Ripening
Sumardi Hadi Sumarlan*, Feri Sofyan Aditya*, Hammam, Bambang Susilo, Lailatul Maghfiroh

Faculty of Agriculture Technology, Brawijaya University, Malang, 65145, East Java, Indonesia

Abstract

Market demand for avocado consumption has a major impact on avocado farmers and traders to speed up the fruit ripening process. This can be done by fruit ripening method, either with special treatment or not. For example, using stimulants based on ethylene or acetylene compounds, such as carbide (calcium carbide) and ethrel (ethepon). So the use of these materials to ripen avocados still needs to be studied further to analyze and evaluate the effects of ripening avocados using calcium carbide and ethephon. This research was conducted with the addition of calcium carbide and ethephon during the avocado^s ripening process, which was carried out at 5 concentration levels, namely 0, 250, 500, 750, and 1000 ppm. Several parameters analyzed and evaluated in this study included weight loss, texture, color, total dissolved solids, and total fat. The analysis was carried out using the ANOVA method, namely a 2 factorial randomized block design.

Keywords: Avocado, Calcium Carbide, Ethephon, Ripening Acceleration

Topic: Agricultural product technology