Technology Protocol for Export of Alphonso Mango by Ship

Export of mangoes by ship, which facilitates bulk transport, is approximately three times less expensive than by air.

The appropriate pre and post harvest technology protocols developed in this process include orchard management pre harvest care with spray treatments to control fungal and insect damages to the fruit, optimum stage of maturity for harvest, desapping, handling, packing-house operations such as grading, washing, post harvest dip treatments with suitable and permissible fungicide solution to minimize spoilage, packing in specially designed CFB boxes, pre-cooling, stacking in reefer containers, optimum storage temperature and humidity management inside the reefer container and post transportation ripening conditions.

The above standardized process has resulted in extension of shelf life of Alphonso mangoes to 35 days with desirable and acceptable ripening characteristics.