Elevated CO(2) in controlled atmosphere storage and regulation of mango ripening.

摘要

Mangoes (Mangifera indica L.) have grown considerably in economic importance in recent years. Starting out as a specialty product, mangoes have changed in status to a standard item in produce departments. Air shipment has given way to marine transport, resulting in harvesting and handling practices that have sacrificed quality. Implementing a tree ripe program for mangoes, resembling the trends in the deciduous fruit industry, probably constitutes the best alternative to improve the quality of the fruit on the market.;To avoid quality losses caused by mandatory quarantine treatments, insecticidal atmospheres have been tested for fruit fly disinfestation. It was concluded in those tests that mangoes have high tolerance to short term elevated CO;Based on this information, the applicability of longer term elevated CO;Evaluations of O;Reduction of the storage temperature to 8 or 5;In general, throughout the experiments, CO;Aroma volatiles were reduced following 25% CO