International Journal of Agricultural Sciences

V. P. Damodhar ¹, B. R. Salvi ¹, A. Y. Munj ¹

Affiliations
1 Regional Fruit Research Station, VENGURLE (M.S.), IN

Abstract

Effect of different methods of mango fruit ripening on Alphonso mango clearly shows that, the fruits ripened in controlled ripening chamber with grass cover recorded best results. Mango ripened in controlled ripening chamber induced early ripening with significantly lower physiological loss in weight and better fruit quality parameters viz., pulp colour, taste, flavour, texture, TSS and total sugars as compared to other methods of ethylene ripening.

Keywords

Alphonso, Ripening, Ripening Chamber, Ethrel, Shelf-Life.

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