IJSRP, Volume 6, Issue 4, April 2016 Edition [ISSN 2250-3153]
Eman A. Abdalla, Mohamed S. Osman and Elfatih A., M. Elsiddig
Abstract:
This investigation was carried out at the Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural and Natural Rescores, University of Bakht Er-Ruda, Ed Duiem, Sudan. The objectives of this investigation were to design two stores from local materials for mango fruits and study the effect of these stores in prolonging the storage period and fruit firmness and colour of fruits. Among traditional stores, Jute store showed the lowest temperature. Furthermore, the store made from jute material obtained the highest value of the relative humidity compared with the other stores. Mango stored in Jute showed significant increase in storage period and fruit firmness and delay colour change.