
%0 Journal Article
%A Hofman, P. J. 
%A Smith, L. G. 
%A Meiburg, G. F. 
%A Giles, J. E. 
%T Production locality affects mango fruit quality
%J Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
%D 1998/01/16
%V 37
%N 7
%P 801-808
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/EA97058
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/EA97058 
%X Summary. Differences in mango (cv. Kensington Pride) fruit quality under commercial and research conditions have been frequently noted. To assess the potential for production conditions to influence fruit quality, &quot;Kensington Pride&quot; mango fruit were obtained from 2 adjacent sites on an orchard on shallow nodular yellow podsolic soil in tropical North Queensland, 1 block of trees growing on soil with river gravel (site 1) and another without gravel (site 2). Fruit were also obtained from trees on a gleyed podsolic soil (site 3) in subtropical south-east Queensland. Fruit were harvested weekly for 4 weeks, with quality determined after ripening at 22&#176;C and after storage at 10&#176;C for 4 weeks. Eating quality and percentage dry matter increased, while days to eating soft decreased with later harvests. Fruit from site 3 (cooler growing conditions, rain during the harvest period) had acceptable eating quality at a lower dry matter than fruit from sites 1 and 2. The percentage of green colour on the skin (GS) at ripe was higher at harvest 2 in fruit from sites 1 and 2, but was lower at harvest 4 in fruit from all sites. Disease severity in fruit ripened without storage was higher in site 3 fruit, while body rots (caused mainly by Colletotrichum spp.) increased (site 3 only) and stem end rots (caused mainly by Dothiorella spp.) decreased with later harvests. Fruit firmness and GS decreased during storage at 10&#176;C, but fruit from site 3 were generally softer, with higher GS, than those from the other sites. Chilling injury was also higher in fruit from site 3. 
