<![CDATA[Big red chili pepper is one of the horticultural vegetables easily damaged after harvesting. The damageoccurs due to postharvest processes such as physiological, mechanical, and microbiological damage. Oneway to reduce the fruit damage and extend the shelf life of the fruit is to use an edible coating. Thepurpose of this study was to determine the effect of emulsion coating of sesame oil and citronella oil on the physical and chemical characteristics of large red chili (Capsicum annum L.) and to obtain a combination of sesame oil and citronella oil treatment that could slow the physical and chemical damage of red chilies. large during storage. This study employed a factorial completely randomized design (CRD)with two factors. The first factor is sesame oil (W) consisting of 3 concentration levels: 0%, 0.5% and 1%. The second factor is citronella oil (S) which consists of 3 concentration levels: 0%, 0.5%, and 1%, with three replications resulting in 27 experimental units. The uniformity of data was analyzed usinguniformity analysis; if the treatment had an effect on the observed parameters, Duncan's test was used. The results showed that the effect of sesame and lemongrass oil emulsions had an effect on fruit weight loss, damage intensity, vitamin C levels, and total soluble solids during storage. The combination treatment of sesame and lemongrass oil with each concentration of 0.5% (W1S1) showed the best results, namely the weight loss value of 50.7%, damage intensity by 43.33%, vitamin C 8.9 mg /100g, and total dissolved solids 3.27 °Brix.]]>
