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

Table 2

Changes in % cumulative weight loss of four mango varieties as affected by cold chain management practices.

Variety	Treatment	Days in storage												Means
		0	3	6	9	12	15	18	21	24	27	30	33
Apple	Cold chain	0.00	1.66^a	2.57^a	3.19^a	4.51^a	5.00^a	7.70^b	8.47^b	9.58^b	10.62^b	11.59^b		5.90
	No cold chain	0.00	4.09^b	8.35^c	11.30^c	14.96^b								7.74
Kent	Cold chain	0.00	1.52^a	3.10^a	3.79^a	4.57^a	5.63^a	7.26^ab	7.99^b	9.62^b	10.57^b	11.51^b	12.72	6.52
	No cold chain	0.00	3.45^b	7.68^bc	10.47^bc	13.98^b	17.71^c							8.88
Ngowe	Cold chain	0.00	1.75^a	2.65^a	3.54^a	4.77^a	5.58^a	6.99^ab	7.99^b	9.22^b	10.16^b	11.15^b		5.80
	No cold chain	0.00	3.75^b	8.01^c	10.85^bc	13.46^b								7.21
Tommy Atkins	Cold chain	0.00	1.76^a	2.19^a	2.58^a	3.07^a	3.90^a	5.10^a	5.43^a	6.53^a	7.19^a	7.79^a		4.14
	No cold chain	0.00	3.62^b	6.78^b	9.40^b	12.95^b								6.55
Treat x variety (LSD 0.05) CV (%)			0.97	1.38	1.79	2.31	2	2.2	1.52	1.89	1.6	1.8	3.61
			20.8	15.3	14.9	14.7	13.1	11.4	10.8	13.9	8.8	9.1	8.1

Means within each column followed by different letters differ significantly at  > 0.05.