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Provedor de dados: | Brazilian Journal of Plant Physiology
País: | Brazil
Título: | An overview of preharvest factors influencing mango fruit growth, quality and postharvest behaviour
Autores: | Léchaudel,Mathieu; Joas,Jacques.
Data: | 2007-12-01
Ano: | 2007
Palavras-chave: | Environmental conditions; Fruit load; Irrigation; Shelf life; Size; Taste.
Resumo: | Mango, a tropical fruit of great economic importance, is generally harvested green and then commercialised after a period of storage. Unfortunately, the final quality of mango batches is highly heterogeneous, in fruit size as well as in gustatory quality and postharvest behaviour. A large amount of knowledge has been gathered on the effects of the maturity stage at harvest and postharvest conditions on the final quality of mango. Considerably less attention has been paid to the influence of environmental factors on mango growth, quality traits, and postharvest behaviour. In this paper, we provide a review of studies on mango showing how environmental factors influence the accumulation of water, structural and non-structural dry matter in the fruit during its development. These changes are discussed with respect to the evolution of quality attributes on the tree and after harvest. The preharvest factors presented here are light, temperature, carbon and water availabilities, which can be controlled by various cultural practices such as tree pruning, fruit thinning and irrigation management. We also discuss recent advances in modelling mango function on the tree according to environmental conditions that, combined with experimental studies, can improve our understanding of how these preharvest conditions affect mango growth and quality.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-04202007000400004
Editor: | Brazilian Journal of Plant Physiology
Relação: | 10.1590/S1677-04202007000400004
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Plant Physiology  v.19 n.4 2007
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess