Mature green mango fruit
were harvested 90-100 days after fruit set from a commercial orchard
in Nakornratchasrima province, Thailand. Afterwards, fruit
were selected for their uniformity in size, color, shape, and as well
as lack of blemishes and disease symptoms. The 160 fruits were
separated into 4 replications for each treatment. Fruit were dipped
for 1 min into a solution of 1% (w/v) HM-CTS, MM-CTS, and LM-CTS.
The control fruit were dipped in 0.5% acetic acid containing 0.1%
tween® 80. After treatment, fruit were air-dried for 30 min and
stored at room temperature (25 ± 2 C). Every 4 days, 32 fruits were
randomly sampled until day 16.