Implementasi Penelitian Penanganan Pasca Panen Manggis untuk Mendukung Program "Integrated Supply Chain Management of Exotic Fruits from the Asean Region" (Research Implementation of Post Harvest Handling for Mangosteen (Research Implementation of Post Harvest Handling for Mangosteen to Support "Integrated Supply Chain Management of Exotic Fruits from the ASEAN Region" Program)

Abstract

The changes of the quality of mangosteen for export are mainly occurred during transportation process from production centre to the port and during long distance transportation using refrigerated container to the destination country. So, understanding the good post-harvest handling during this transportation process is needed in order to maintain the quality of mangosteen. This study explored the good post-harvest handling method of mangosteen during transportation in order to maintain the quality which meets with the quality standard for export, especially to Union-Europe market. The study was focused to investigate the storage method to extend the shelf-life of mangosteen and to design the transportation packaging. The results shows that the percentage of mechanical damage for wood packaging and basket of plastic with styrofoam partition were 5.2% and 3.57%. The hardness changes of mangosteen were significantly different for both packaging types after 18 days storage with the smallest changes occurred for 13°C. Waxing of 5% and 8°C were able to maintain the quality of mangosteens during 38 days of storage. Cytokinins coating of 20% and the storage temperature of 8°C could maintain the freshness of mangosteen during 28 days. From the design of packaging, it was obtained that 8 kg capacity of packaging could keep the vertical load of 204 kg and 256 kg for the capacity of 15 kg. The packaging capacity of 8 kg with dimension of 39.4 cm x 21 cm x 21 cm and fee (face centered cubic) pattern resulted the optimal design of the transportation packaging of mangosteen.