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

Table 6

Changes in flesh 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

36.55^a

32.50^b

31.90^b

25.13^c

22.85^c

17.13^bc

14.58^abc

6.73^a

5.96^a

4.60^ab

2.27^a

18.20

No cold chain

36.55^a

10.12^a

6.92^a

3.62^a

3.13^a

12.07

Kent

Cold chain

66.47^b

49.57^d

42.57^c

31.07^d

20.48^d

20.43^d

17.50^c

10.92^a

9.05^b

6.13^b

5.85^b

3.95

23.67

No cold chain

66.47^b

41.78^cd

11.22^a

8.05^ab

6.80^ab

3.20^ab

22.92

Ngowe

Cold chain

45.98^a

36.35^bc

32.67^b

19.13^bc

11.88^b

9.52^abc

8.82^abc

7.57^a

6.02^a

2.78^a

1.49^a

16.56

No cold chain

45.98^a

6.45^a

4.82^a

4.68^a

2.42^a

12.87

Tommy Atkins

Cold chain

46.75^a

40.82^bc

35.63^b

33.02^c

25.58^c

18.60^c

15.25^bc

11.27^a

6.53^a

3.59^a

2.95^a

21.82

No cold chain

46.75^a

38.22^b

7.05^a

6.48^a

3.15^ab

20.33

Treat x variety (LSD 0.05) CV (%)

12.78

13.47

9.87

11.58

8.38

12.9

10.88

9.31

1.8

8.3

2.16

4.1

15

22

25.3

28.1

23.2

21.6

27.6

21.3

12.6

22.5

23.3

28.5

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