
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hofman, P. J. 
A1  - Smith, L. G. 
A1  - Meiburg, G. F. 
A1  - Giles, J. E. 
T1  - Production locality affects mango fruit quality
JF  - Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
JO  - Aust. J. Exp. Agric.
Y1  - 1998
VL  - 37
IS  - 7
SP  - 801
EP  - 808
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/EA97058 
N2  - 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. 
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