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Mango postharvest best management practices manual.

Manual de prácticas para el mejor manejo postcosecha del mango.

Author(s) : Univ. Florida, UC Davis, PEB Commodities, BRECHT J. K. (ed.)

Type of monograph: Book, Guide/Handbook

Summary

This manual was developed using information compiled during the National Mango Board-sponsored 2007-09 research project "Monitoring and evaluation of the mango supply chain to improve mango quality" (conducted from December 2007 through April 2009). It includes quality-control procedures to use when monitoring the maturity and quality of mangos in commercial handling operations in the USA. (For the English edition see the Bulletin of the IIR, reference 2010-2103.) Extract from the table of contents: harvest and postharvest process map for fresh mangos; harvest; transport to packinghouses and to retail stores; post-hot-water treatment cooling; cooling prior to shipping; storage rooms; storage at importer/distribution center; mango ripening; storage in walk-in coolers at stores; palletization and staging for cooling/storage/shipping; unloading at stores/holding on docks at stores; stocking and display preparation and rotation. In the appendix: quality control procedures; determining mango fruit maturity; temperature management practices; measuring relative humidity, air velocity, and pressure drops in storage rooms, trailers, or containers; trailer and container inspection and loading practices; refrigerated container/trailer loading diagram; evaluating mango ripening facilities and practices; causes and symptoms of the major defects; mango quality assessment procedures. The manual can be downloaded from: http://postharvest.ucdavis.edu/datastorefiles/234-1932.pdf.

Details

  • Original title: Manual de prácticas para el mejor manejo postcosecha del mango.
  • Record ID : 2011-0379
  • Languages: Spanish
  • Publication: NMB (National Mango Board) - United states/United states
  • Publication date: 2011
  • Source: Source: HS 1190; 78 p.; fig.; photogr.; tabl.; ref.; append.

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