Abstract

SILLER-CEPEDA, Jorge et al. Postharvest quality of mango cultivars of early, middle and late seasons. Rev. fitotec. mex [online]. 2009, vol.32, n.1, pp.45-52. ISSN 0187-7380.

Postharvest behavior of 12 mango (Mangifera indica L.) culti-vars, five of early ('Edward', 'Diplomático', 'Ah-Ping', 'Van Dyke', 'Haden'), three of middle ('Manila Rosa', 'Tommy Atkins', 'Kent') and four of late season ('Osteen', 'Palmer', 'Fabián', 'Keitt') was evaluated. Cvs. 'Haden', 'Tommy Atkins', 'Kent' 'Keitt' were con-sidered as commercial controls. The fruits were stored simulating marketing conditions at 20 °C and 87 % RH during 12 d, and physi-cal, chemical and physiological evaluations were conducted during this period. Fruit size and weight varied from 586 g ('Osteen') to almost 250 g ('Diplomático', 'Van Dyke' and 'Manila Rosa'). The lowest weight loss (< 4 %) was presented by all late season cultivars except 'Kent'. At the end of the storage, fruit firmness was higher in 'Ah-Ping' and 'Kent' with 2.3 and 2.6 kgf respectively. 'Ah-Ping', 'Kent' and 'Fabián' developed an attractive flesh color (°Hue=78) and a soluble solids content up to 12.5 °Brix. 'Edward', 'Ah-Ping', 'Fabián' and 'Palmer' were the cultivars with competitive quality fruits compared to the controls.

Keywords : Mangifera indica; quality; postharvest; varieties.

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