Quality Changes in Fresh Mango Fruits (<i>Mangifera indica</i> L. ‘Nam Dok Mai’) Under Actual Distribution Temperature Profile from Thailand to Japan

• YASUNAGA Eriko

  Institute for Sustainable Agro-ecosystem Services, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, The University of Tokyo

• FUKUDA Shinji

  Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

• TAKATA Daisuke

  Preparation Office for Faculty of Food and Agriculture, Fukushima University

• SPREER Wolfram

  Institute of Agricultural Engineering, University of Hohenheim Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University

• SARDSUD Vicha

  Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University

• NAKANO Kohei

  The United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Gifu University

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• Quality Changes in Fresh Mango Fruits (Mangifera indica L. 'Nam Dok Mai') Under Actual Distribution Temperature Profile from Thailand to Japan

Abstract

Thailand is one of the world’s highest producers of mango, the majority of which are exported to Japan via long supply chains. The mango is a climacteric fruit that ripens after harvest. Therefore, it is very important to treat immature fruits appropriately during lengthy distribution period which can takes approximately three weeks from Thailand to Japan by shipping. The present study aimed to determine the effects of postharvest distribution and storage temperature on physiological changes in fresh mango fruits (Mangifera indica L. ‘Nam Dok Mai’) imported from Thailand to Japan. Immature mango fruits were utilized that were transported immediately after harvest from Thailand by air, and were then stored in the actual distribution temperature conditions of shipping for 3 weeks and also heated to 25°C for 16–18 d in the laboratory. Postharvest ripening of immature mango fruits was observed as changes in fruit firmness, peel color, and sugar content under the storage conditions. Softening and coloring were induced during postharvest storage, especially in the first 4 d. After the first 4 d of maturation enhancement, the change in maturation level remained small.

Journal

• Environment Control in Biology

  Environment Control in Biology 56 (2), 45-49, 2018

  Japanese Society of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Engineers and Scientists

Keywords

• hardness score
• peel color
• sugar and organic acid contents

Details

• CRID: 1390001205260378624
• NII Article ID: 130006712453
• NII Book ID: AA12029220
• DOI: 10.2525/ecb.56.45
• ISSN: 18830986
• ISSN: 1880554X
• NDL BIB ID: 028942141
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I028942141
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ecb/56/2/56_45/_pdf
• Text Lang: en
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