the fruit treated with wax + NO
showed higher
firmness values during the
first 18 d of storage.
However, the fruit treated with wax also showed high
firmness
values compared with control or NO treated fruit. Although these
last treatments ended with the lowest
firmness values (3.76 and
3.54 N, respectively), the treatment with wax and wax + NO had
significantly higher values (6.93 and 6.97 N, respectively). These
data show that controlling the weight loss by waxing or MP could
maintain ‘Manila’ mango
firmness.