Regarding the observed effects of the edible coatings on fruit fla-vor preference, the distinctly different responses of mandarins fromthose of the other citrus fruit should be noted, as mandarins weremuch more liable to develop off-flavors after harvest (Figs. 5 and 6)(Cohen et al., 1990; Shi et al., 2005). Also, we observed significantdifferences between the responses of mandarin varieties to appli-cation of coatings: the ‘Mor’ variety accumulated more ethanolafter coating and storage than ‘Or’ and, therefore, suffered morefrom postharvest development of off-flavors (Fig. 3B) (Obenlandand Arpaia, 2012).