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

Table 4

Changes in flesh 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

87.19^a

85.05^c

84.24^c

83.18^de

77.29^c

73.96^bc

72.05^ab

71.88^a

70.80^a

67.68^a

66.87^a

76.38

No cold chain

87.19^a

71.75^a

71.51^a

66.98^a

63.80^a

72.25

Kent

Cold chain

89.41^bc

89.30^d

88.99^e

88.64^f

87.85^d

84.56^e

84.33^f

83.48^d

81.12^c

78.98^c

77.99^c

62.19

83.07

No cold chain

89.41^bc

89.41^d

82.04^d

81.50^cd

71.62^c

66.52^a

80.08

Ngowe

Cold chain

91.12^ab

88.33^d

86.73^e

85.94^ef

84.66^d

84.00^e

83.67^e

81.99^c

81.61^c

74.96^bc

73.58^b

83.33

No cold chain

91.12^ab

80.46^b

78.39^b

75.17^b

66.00^b

78.23

Tommy Atkins

Cold chain

89.12^abc

87.60^d

83.42^be

83.20^f

80.74^d

80.00^de

78.94^de

76.92^d

73.69^b

71.22^b

64.20^b

79.00

No cold chain

89.12^abc

81.76^c

80.77^c

75.66^c

71.95^b

79.85

Treat x variety (LSD 0.05) CV (%)

10.15

3.82

2.73

3.13

3.13

3.62

3.82

2.47

3.24

3.90

6.19

11.82

6.20

2.50

1.90

2.20

2.30

2.50

2.70

1.60

2.20

2.70

4.50

4.40

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