Abstract:
The experiment was carried out at the Department of Horticulture, Sher-e-Bangla
Agricultural University, Dhaka. The experiment was laid out in a Completely
Randomized Design with three replications. The present research was conducted on
the aspect of shelf life and quality of mango through two variety and eight
postharvest treatments. Two important varieties of mango namely, V
= Langra and
V
2
= Lakhanbhog were assigned to different post-harvest treatments, e.g. T
= control,
T
1
= hot water dips, T
2
= calcium chloride dips, T
ii
3
1
= sodium metabisulphite, T
= citric
acid dips, T
5
= bamboo baskets, T
= plastic crates having mango wrapped with tissue
paper and T
7
6
= plastic crates having mango without wrapping were used in the
present study. Results revealed that the minimum changes in firmness (1.36, 2.48,
3.37, 4.01 and 5.01 at 3
rd
, 6
th
, 9
th
, 12
th
and 15
th
days of observation respectively),
minimum TSS contents (12.45%, 17.59%, 21.66% and 23.59 at 3
rd
, 6
day of harvest, respectively) and the longest shelf life (15.67 days) was observed in
V
1
treated with V
1
T
treatment. The higher vitamin C contents (28.49, 26.42 and
23.47 mg/100g at 3
rd
1
, 6
th
and 9
th
day of harvest, respectively) was found in V
treated
with V
1
T
4
treatment. The better performance was observed as
Langra, treated with
hot water dips, packaging materials as plastic crates, wrapping with tissue paper for
long term storage quality control, transportation and marketing.
