“…Shelf life of fruit and total sugar increased with increase in the level of nitrogen by application of recommended dose nitrogen along with azospirillum and potassium. Adequate supply of nitrogen and potassium might have ensured optimum functioning of sucrose synthatase and suppression of hydrolytic enzymes leading to build up of greater quantity of sugars in proplastid (Nitsos and Evans, 1969).The results is line with kavino et al, (2010) and Senthilkumar et al, (2016).…”