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Kinnow is spring ripening, sweet juicy fruit with seeds, attractive upright growth habit. The fruit is medium and have more of a yellow or orange color .The fruit is fairly easy to peel, rich flavored, very juicy. The large, frost, tolerant columnar tree has dense foliage and is a good ornamental but has a strong tendency towards alternate bearing. Study was carried out on Kinnow mandarin to explore the effects of chemical coated with glycerin (2.5%),NaoH (2%),calcium lactate (3%),gum Arabic (10%),calcium chloride (1%),CMC (1%),with untreated fruits as a control on post-harvest shelf life of the fruit. The experiment was performed for 30 days in studying the physical and chemical parameters of the fruits and the readings were recorded at the intervals of 3 days. The obtained results showed that significant enhancement in fruit physical characteristics, as well as fruit chemical characteristics. Using gum Arabic (10%), CMC (1%) we are the best, which gave minimal damage and more shelf life to the mandarin fruit.