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

Table 3

Changes in peel hue angles (H^o) 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

110.33^a

104.87^bc

102.67^cd

98.05^d

96.66^b

96.09^a

90.46^a

82.29^a

81.41^a

74.60^a

73.89^a

91.94

No cold chain

110.33^a

96.96^a

86.75^a

74.20^b

61.85^a

86.02

Kent

Cold chain

130.72^b

130.53^e

128.63^e

124.49^f

123.83^c

122.69^c

122.07^d

120.28^b

119.58^b

108.09^b

104.22^c

101.29

119.70

No cold chain

130.72^b

130.47^e

128.53^e

119.04^f

108.42^c

102.37^c

119.92

Ngowe

Cold chain

112.28^a

111.40^cd

104.14^d

103.07^de

98.81^b

98.14a^b

96.47^ab

94.53^a

86.30^a

81.41^a

77.34^abc

96.72

No cold chain

112.28^a

98.95^ab

94.45^bc

84.14^c

55.80^a

89.12

Tommy Atkins

Cold chain

111.12^a

111.01^d

105.92^d

103.06^e

102.08^b

98.61a^b

97.94^ab

96.02^a

95.89^a

88.74^a

85.11^ab

99.59

No cold chain

111.12^a

97.85^ab

72.74^ab

70.15^a

52.30^a

80.83

Treat x variety (LSD 0.05) CV (%)

4.12

7.78

11.10

6.63

9.93

11.95

15.30

16.95

18.86

19.39

24.16

61.30

2.00

4.00

6.10

3.90

6.40

6.10

8.20

9.10

10.80

11.80

16.30

18.20

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