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

Table 5

Changes in peel firmness (N) 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

110.22^a

103.08^bc

95.73^bc

85.42^d

65.28^c

63.47^cd

54.20^ef

50.22^b

30.48^b

15.02^a

7.78^a

61.90

No cold chain

110.22^a

55.47^b

45.91^a

27.13^a

22.68^a

52.28

Kent

Cold chain

153.08^c

146.13^e

122.47^e

117.02^f

101.97^e

101.33^e

86.95^g

72.52^c

49.93^c

40.68^b

16.22^b

15.92

85.35

No cold chain

153.08^c

141.43^e

116.90^d

67.78d

40.15^b

30.08^ab

91.57

Ngowe

Cold chain

118.52^ab

107.90^d

103.22^c

64.98^c

60.27^c

58.22^bc

44.75^de

42.43^a

22.72^a

7.93a

6.73^a

57.97

No cold chain

118.52^ab

34.88^a

32.77^a

25.28^a

18.92^a

46.07

Tommy Atkins

Cold chain

115.08^ab

105.93^cd

102.42^c

95.10^e

94.62^d

64.32^d

61.30^f

41.97^a

24.45^ab

10.93^a

9.02^a

65.92

No cold chain

115.08^ab

113.90^c

84.95^b

47.10^b

39.57^b

80.12

Treat x variety (LSD 0.05) CV (%)

16.97

13.25

14.45

12.14

14.23

12.46

12.34

6.43

7.70

15.05

4.44

0.78

7.40

7.30

8.90

9.70

13.80

11.50

15.70

6.70

12.80

22.60

23.00

1.60

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