Other works have indicated a higher
firmness retention in ‘Kent’
mango under 1-MCP treatment (Osuna et al., 2005). Probably the
histological differences of ‘Manila’ mango fruit could explain why
the fruit treated only with 1-MCP did not retain
firmness (Barbosa-
Martínez et al., 2009). It has been established that the adequate
mango
firmness to consumer is 10 to 20 N (Osuna et al., 2005) and
the waxing fruit + NO reached this value at 18 d of storage at 13 C.