In India, pear {Pyrus spp.) occupies a prominent position globally and is grown successfully under temperate and subtropical regions. In Punjab, the annual production of 79,500 MT has been realized from 3440 ha area under cultivation (Anonymous 2020).The pear fruit attains harvest maturity during the month of July which coincides with monsoon season, extreme humid and high temperature conditions that interferes with quality attributes and its postharvest shelf-life. Being a climacteric fruit, pear experience rapid deterioration of fruit quality within 6 to 9 days after fruit harvest and also possess poor storage shelf-life (Kaur et al. 2021). It is well established fact that precooling method plays a significant role in enhancing shelf-life of freshly harvested fruits by removing the field heat (Duan et al. 2020). It is also considered as the significant method in the supply chain of horticultural crops. Therefore, our attention is focused to evaluate the different methods of precooling to extendthe shelf-life of oriental pear under sub tropics of India and to maintain overall fruit quality attributes under ambient marketing conditions.
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