Completed project
In-transit ripening and prediction of outturn quality for mango (MG12016)
Publication date: June 6, 2017
Delivery Partner: The Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
This project investigated the feasibility of in-transit ripening, where mangoes are cooled and transported at 18°C. This would reduce cold room requirements at the pack house and energy costs during cooling and transport as well as reducing time needed to ripen the produce. For in-transit ripening to be effective, good fruit temperature management and ethylene and CO2 control are required.
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Next steps in developing the process were to reduce the application costs of ethylene and CO2 management and to develop systems for maintaining oxygen concentrations above levels that will not impede ripening. More cost-effective means for monitoring ethylene concentrations are also required.
This project was a strategic levy investment in the Hort Innovation Mango Fund
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