Daftar Isi:
  • Strawberry (Fragaria anannasa) is fruit that favorable to people but has a short shelf life, so it needs a good post-harvest management. One of the methods that can be used is edible coating. Edible coating from wheat flavor is beneficial to control the gas and water vapor exchange so it is able to extend shelf life of fruit. The aim of this research is to finds the influence of white flour edible coating various concentrations and to knows the concentration that has the best influence on shelf life of strawberry fruit (Fragaria anannasa). The kind of research used was True Experimental Design research and the design used was the Posttest Control Group design namely research with the treatment remedial and control. The research design used was Complete Random Design (CRD), with six special treatment, they are 0 %, 2 %, 2.5 %, 3 %, 3.5 %, and 4 % and repeated four times. Population in this research were the strawberries fruit (Fragraria anannasa) and wheat flour. Sample in this research were the strawberries fruit (Fragraria anannasa). Data analyzed by Anova 1 factor and continued by Duncan test with significance level of 5%. The result show there is an influence of various concentrations of wheat flour edible coating toward shelf life of the strawberry fruit (Fragraria anannasa). The Duncan test result shows for the best edible coating concentration was at 4% because it has the highest average of shelf life that is 4.25 days.