RIPENING BEHAVIOR OF CARABAO MANGO FRUITS (Mangifera indica) TREATED WITH CLIMACTERIC FRUITS AS RIPENING STIMULANTS

The study entitled “RIPENING BEHAVIOR OF CARABAO MANGO FRUITS (Mangifera indica) TREATED WITH CLIMACTERIC FRUITS AS RIPENING STIMULANTS” at Surigao State College of Technology – Mainit Campus Crop Science Laboratory (Crop Processing) for a period of seven days starting on June 18, 2015 to June 25, 2015. This study undertaken to determine the effects of the selected climacteric fruits on the ripening behavior of Carabao mango fruits. This experimental research laid out in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) consisting of six treatments replicated four times. Treatments were the following: T1 (Control), T2 (750 g ripe Cavendish banana), T3 (750 g ripe tomato), T4 (750 g ripe mango), T5 (750 g ripe avocado), and T6 (750 g ripe honeydew melon). The parameters assessed were the number of days to ripen, ripening percentage, color of the fruits, weight loss, and taste quality of the fruits. Data were analyzed using Mean and Analysis of Variance for Completely Randomized Design (CRD) to determine if the resulting means vary significantly with each other. The Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) revealed that treatments were highly significant on the number of days to ripen weight loss and taste quality of the fruits. For the results showing highly significant difference, the Duncan's Multiple Range Test (DMRT) employed to find out between which treatments significantly vary. Results showed that T6 (750 g ripe honeydew melon) gave the best mean about the number of days to ripen and weight loss. For the ripening percentage of carabao mango fruits, T2 (750 g ripe Cavendish banana) and T5 (750 g ripe avocado) registered the highest mean. T2 (750 g ripe Cavendish banana) revealed the highest mean in terms of the color of the fruits. Concerning the taste quality of the fruits, T3 (750 g ripe tomato) and T5 (750 g ripe avocado) obtained the highest mean. Therefore, it concluded that the use of climacteric fruits affects the ripening behavior of the Carabao mango fruits.