Effect of pre-storage treatments and temperature regimes on shelf-life and respiratory behaviour of ripe Baneshan mango

Abstract

Shelf-lives of ripe mango fruits of'cv. Baneshan' upto 23 days in cool store (13 ± 1°C and'75 -80% RH), 12 days in zero-energy cool chamber (23 ± 3°C and 85-90% RH) and 8 days at room temperature (29.11°C to 33.81°C and 56-66% RH) were extended on treating the fruits with 500 ppm bavistin (in warm aqueous solution) and sealing the stem end with molten parafin wax, followed by individual film wrapping in HM-film. The normal shelf lives in these conditions in the untreated fruits were 9, 6 and 4 days in cool store, zero-energy cool chamber and at room temperature, respectively. HM-film wrapping coupled with bavistin and stem end waxing significantly reduced the respiratory activity of ripe fruits under all the storage conditions.