Seasonal fruit are often in high demand, and particularly at the
start of the season. They are often transported long distances from
farm to market. In Australia, this transport can take 2–5 days.
Initiating mango fruit ripening in transit allows fruit to reach a
marketable ripeness stage earlier and also reduces the ripening
infrastructure requirements. Therefore, there is potential for intransit
ripening to shorten the supply chain from harvest to market
and reduce the costs of handling and storage. In-transit ripening
using ethylene gas from a standard pressurised commercial
cylinder has been used with pears to achieve uniform and quality
fruit for consumption (Mitcham et al., 2000). In-transit ripening for
the transport of Anjou pears has also been achieved using Ethylene
Release CanistersTM (ERCTM) (Sharrock and Henzell, 2010). An IC
powder offers an alternative potentially more convenient