Postharvest physiology.
Brecht J. K., Yahia E. M.
Author Affiliation: 1143 Fifield Hall, Department of Horticultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-0690, USA.
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Abstract : This chapter discusses the following aspects of mango postharvest physiology: ripening physiology; climacteric behaviour; ethylene production and responses; changes in composition during fruit maturation and ripening (organic acids, soluble sugars, structural polysaccharides, pigments and colour, phenolic compounds, and flavour compounds); transpiration and water loss; physical damage and physiological disorders (chilling injury and heat injury); modified atmospheres and controlled atmospheres (injuries associated with modified atmospheres and controlled atmospheres, modified atmosphere packaging, semipermeable coatings, and insecticidal controlled atmospheres); and manipulation of postharvest physiology by molecular biology.