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

Table 7

Changes in total soluble solids (TSS) 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

8.47^c

8.60^bc

10.03^b

10.10^b

10.20^b

12.13^b

13.13^bcd

14.20^bc

15.00^b

15.10^b

19.43^b

12.40

No cold chain

8.47^c

9.07^bc

12.93^c

13.37^d

22.63^g

13.29

Kent

Cold chain

5.63^a

6.63^a

6.67^a

6.80^a

8.97^a

9.20^a

10.43^a

11.17^a

11.53^a

13.00^a

13.33^a

14.03

9.78

No cold chain

5.63^a

7.10^bc

9.40^b

11.50^bc

12.80^c

13.90^cd

10.06

Ngowe

Cold chain

6.70^b

10.10^c

10.93^b

11.53^c

14.80^d

15.90^e

16.63^de

16.93^c

17.83^c

18.03^c

20.20^b

14.51

No cold chain

6.70^b

13.67^e

17.47^d

19.73^e

20.23^f

15.56

Tommy Atkins

Cold chain

8.70^c

9.00^b

9.33^a

9.73^b

10.40^a

11.33^cd

12.07^ab

13.17^ab

13.20^a

14.67^b

15.90^a

11.59

No cold chain

8.70^c

11.97^d

12.23^c

15.20^d

18.23^e

13.27

Treat x variety (LSD 0.05) CV (%)

0.85

1.34

1.53

1.66

1.13

1.07

2.93

3.00

1.59

1.65

3.18

2.68

6.70

8.00

8.30

7.60

4.50

4.50

11.90

12.00

5.90

5.60

9.80

5.40

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