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AGREEMENT INIFAP-NATIONAL MANGO BOARDAgreement • July 27th, 2018
In 'Tommy Atkins' it is common to find a high percentage of fruits with 'shrunken shoulders' or 'sucking', which is correlated, among others, with the following factors: 1. Ripening degree at harvest 2. Quarantine hot water treatment (QHWT) 3. Hydrocooling 4. Rest after hydrocooling and 5. Nutritional status of the orchard. The objectives were the following: a. Check if ripening degree at harvest is a determining factor for the presence of 'shrunken shoulders' in fruits of 'Tommy Atkins' b. Determine if the time of normal QHWT or with additional time influences the presence of ' shrunken shoulders' in 'Tommy Atkins' fruits c. To establish if the method of hydrocooling is fundamental to revert and/or reduce the potential damage of the QHWT on the presence of 'shrunken shoulders', as well as d. To prove if the rest is beneficial or harmful in the incidence of 'shrunken shoulders' in 'Tommy Atkins' fruits.
