Storage of some local and introduced mango cultivars grown in Trinidad.
Passam H. C.
Author Affiliation: Trop. Products Inst., London, UK.
Scientia Horticulturae 16 : 171-177
Abstract : Fruit of nine local varieties varied in size from 100 g (Doodooth) to 500 g (Graham). Total soluble solids content varied between 10% (Rose) and 23% (Starch) and colour ranged from pale green when ripe (Long and Teen) to bright yellow and red (Doodooth). Fibre content in small fruit tended to be high and only Julie and Graham had little or no fibre. Introduced varieties (Haden, Sensation and Zill) all produced medium to large fruit (250-500 g) which were colourful (yellow/red when ripe) and low in fibre. At ambient temperature (28-32 deg C) fruit reached a mean ripening score of 3, regarded as the end of storage life, within 3-8 days. Enclosure of fruit in polythene bags or treatment with Sta-fresh wax increased storage life by between 2 (Zill) and 10 days (Graham). At 14 deg C storage life ranged from 12 (Zabako) to 18 days (Graham) after which fruit were removed to ambient temperature to ripen. Enclosure of fruit in polythene extended storage life at 14 deg C by between 2 (Julie) and 15 (Haden) days.