Improved harvest and desapping practices affect mango fruit quality along the supply chains.

摘要: This study was aimed at evaluating the impact of improved harvest and handling practices including careful fruit harvesting along with 4-6 inches long pedicels, de-stemming de-sapping in 0.5% lime solution, 2-3 min dip washing tap water, on quality mango domestic supply chains Pakistan compared traditional system prevailing local industry. Six two cultivars Sindhri Samar Bahisht Chaunsa were monitored this regard. The assessments made basis performance against sap burn, skin browning, lenticels spots, rots physical damage. effect color firmness also studied. Significant interaction sapburn injury, damage found adopted farm level. These problems to start from (origin) significantly increase depending upon procedures for produce handling. fruits passed through practice had better retail less browning (39.17% vs 58.33% traditional), low burn (15.83% 73.34%), smaller extent (22.50% 68.33%) damages (14.17% 34.17%). Non significant differences among analyzed regarding color, lenticel spots. Overall, desapping technology showed potential as a best management chains. © 2011 Friends Science Publishers