Project Number: 6621-41440-003-08
Project Type: Nonfunded Cooperative Agreement

Start Date: Sep 27, 2007
End Date: Feb 28, 2009

Objective:
Cooperative research project to analyze the effect of different environmental storage conditions on mango fruit postharvest quality, including flavor.

Approach:
Store mango fruits harvested at commercial maturity in different modified atmosphere packaging, and different temperatures, then homogenize and freeze for later flavor analysis by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS).