Natural aroma chemicals as potato tuber sprouting inhibitor

The sprouting and rotting of potato during post harvest storage results into tremendous losses. In the present study several naturally occurring volatile essential oils and monoterpenoids were tested as sprout suppressant on potatoes of Cv. 'Kufri Ashoka' stored under ambient conditions (20-38 degreesC, 30-80 % RH) from March to May. Invidividual essential oils of spearmint, peppermint, caraway and dill seed and in mixture peppermint-linalool were found to be most effective sprouting inhibitor, whereas, all the treatments showed no significant differences In rotting behaviour as compared to control, except oils of caraway and dill seed.