. Assessments of fruit colour
and firmness showed that encapsulated ethylene and commercial grade ethylene from pressurised
cylinder similarly shortened the ripening time to 9–10 days (after harvest) for treated fruit as compared
with 15 days for untreated mango. Mango fruit treated in both ways with ethylene showed more uniform
ripening than the control. For the in-transit ripening using the IC powder, ethylene was found to be
between 4.9 and 10.5mL L1 in the headspace of the truck containers over 48 h. Mango fruit from the
treated containers shortened the ripening time by 3–6 days as compared to the untreated control fruit.
Thus, the safe and convenient IC powder has demonstrated promise for in-transit fruit ripening