“Tommy Atkins” and “Palmer” mangoes were harvested medium-ripe
held for 7–20 days at five different temperatures and evaluated for quality
attributes. The objective of this work was to obtain quality curves at chilling
and nonchilling temperatures and to identify, for each temperature, which
quality factors limit mango marketability. Chilling injury and increased fruit
softness were the limiting quality factors for mango stored at 2 and 5C.
Softening of the fruit, changes in color and development of decay were the
limiting quality factors for mango stored at 12, 15 and 20C. Prediction of
mango shelf life calculated from the data reported in the literature is not
precise unless the characteristics of the fruit and environmental factors
involved are well known. The curves obtained from quality evaluations for
each temperature showed that a single quality attribute cannot be used to
express loss of quality of mango over the normal physiological range of
temperatures.