Bagging of mango (Mangifera indica cv. 'Keitt') fruit influences fruit quality and mineral composition.
Hofman P. J., Smith L. G., Joyce D. C., Johnson G. I., Meiburg G. F.
Author Affiliation: Horticulture Postharvest Group, Queensland Department of Primary Industries, 19 Hercules St, Hamilton, Qld 4007, Australia.
Postharvest Biology and Technology 12 : 83-91
Abstract : The effect of bagging of mango fruits was evaluated in order to improve fruit quality of late maturing cultivars. In 1993/1994, Keitt fruits were bagged with white paper bags approx. 100 days before harvest in 2 separate orchards in the same growing district (Atherton Tablelands, north Queensland, Australia). In 1994/1995, Keitt fruits from another growing district (Childers, south east Queensland, Australia) were bagged 131, 105, 82, 56 and 31 days before harvest. Fruits were harvested when mature and fruit quality was assessed following ripening at 22°C. Anthracnose and stem end rot (S