Effectiveness of Selected Cold Chain Management Practices to Extend Shelf Life of Mango Fruit

Table 1

Differences in pulp temperature (°C) of four mango varieties as affected by cold chain management practices.

Variety

Treatment

Days in storage

Means

T0

T1

3

6

9

12

15

18

21

24

27

30

33

Apple

Cold chain

16.3^b

27.4^c

10.9^a

10.6^b

11.8^a

11.5^a

11.5^b

11.2^a

11.4^a

11.5^ab

11.9^ab

12.6^b

13.2

No cold chain

31.6^a

33.5^a

23.5^b

24.2^d

24.8^d

22.3^c

26.7

Kent

Cold chain

16.5^b

27.8^b

10.8^a

10.5^b

12^a

11.4^a

11.5^b

11.3^a

11.4^a

11.7^bc

12.1^b

12.5^ab

12.8

13.3

No cold chain

31.5^a

33^a

23.5^b

22.9^bc

23.6^b

22.2^c

20.7^e

25.3

Ngowe

Cold chain

16.3^b

27.5^c

11^a

11.2^c

12^a

11.5^a

10.6^a

11.1^a

11.8^a

11.9^c

11.7^a

12.4^a

13.3

No cold chain

31.6^a

33^a

23.5^b

24.4^de

24.3^c

22.8^d

26.6

Tommy Atkins

Cold chain

16.3^b

27.3^c

11^a

9.9^a

11.7^a

11.2^a

11.3^b

11.3^a

11.8^a

11.3^a

11.9^ab

12.5^ab

13.1

No cold chain

31^a

34^a

23.6^b

23.7^e

24.1^c

25.8^b

27.0

Treat x variety (LSD 0.05) %CV

0.66

0.66

0.48

0.46

0.45

0.37

0.48

0.4

0.6

0.27

0.4

0.19

0.2

1.5

1.2

1.6

1.8

1.4

1.3

1.9

1.5

2.7

1.2

1.8

0.8

0.4

T0: pulp temperature immediately after harvest in the field; T1: pulp temperature upon arrival at the aggregation centre. Means within each column followed by different letters differ significantly at  > 0.05.