University of Birjand Journal of Horticulture and Postharvest Research 2588-4883 3 Issue 2 2020 09 01 Effects of different storage temperature conditions on ripening quality and shelf life of mango (Mangifera indica) fruits in Ghana 245 256 1255 10.22077/jhpr.2020.2846.1096 EN Moomin Abu Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, University for Development Studies, Nyankpala, Northern Region, Ghana 0000-0002-0608-3391 Nana Sakyiwa Olympio Department of Horticulture, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana Joseph Ofei Darko Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana Journal Article 2019 09 28 <strong>Purpose</strong>: Physiologically matured fruits of Haden, Kent, Palmer, and Keitt mango varieties were used for experiment. The fruits were held at ambient (29-31 ^oC) and simulated-transit temperature (10-13 ^oC) conditions. Quality which includes fruit firmness, weight, and spoilage, were assessed and used to determine shelf life of stored fruits. <strong>Research Method</strong>: A Completely Randomized Design with four replications was used. For each of the four varieties, five mango trees were sampled at random in each of the four replications of a mango plantation when fruits were physiologically matured. <strong> </strong><strong>Findings</strong>: For the ambient and simulated-transit temperature conditions, Kent (4.09 days and 3.85 days, respectively) and Keitt (4.08 days and 3.92 days, respectively) fruits stored longer. Haden fruits ripened significantly earlier (9.50 days and 3.5 days, respectively) than Keitt fruits (11.01 days and 5 days, respectively). Ripening time was statistically not different among Haden, Kent, and Palmer fruits. Softness, colour, and decay were limiting quality factors for all mango fruits stored at both conditions. Higher shriveling rates were observed in Haden and Palmer fruits with a slight preponderance of the former, for both conditions. Average weight loss was highest (6.50 % and 3.31 %, respectively) for Haden and lowest (4.09 % and 2.34 %, respectively) for Keitt, but generally lower in fruits stored under transit conditions. <strong>Research limitations</strong>: No limitations to report. <strong>Originality/Value</strong>: A single quality attribute cannot be used to express loss of quality of mango fruit over the normal physiological range of mango fruit growth and development. https://jhpr.birjand.ac.ir/article_1255_3bf55bbad370a8fcad1d09b005e278c2.pdf