EFFECT OF THE LENGTH OF THE FLOWERING-HARVEST INTERVAL ON THE RIPENING AND QUALITY OF THE 'KENT' MANGO IN CÔTE D'IVOIRE

The physiological stage of mango maturity at harvest affects fruit quality the time it is commercialized. objective assessment remains a challenge because multiple interactions between visual aspect, physicochemical composition, and morphology fruit. This study aims to quantify optimal date guarantee cv. ‘Kent’. In this study, which took place in Korhogo northern Côte d’Ivoire, fruits were measured on 240 Kent mangoes harvested four different dates (90, 95, 100, 105 days after flowering). A morphological, physical, chemical characterization (length, width, mass, soluble sugar content, dry matter, skin appearance, mass loss) was carried out each 30 ripening room temperature. number necessary for quantified. results showed that 100 flowering d’Ivoire. Mangoes developed better organoleptic characteristics (less wrinkled skin, lower losses, shorter time). Assessment date, guaranteeing fruit, utmost importance organizing harvests sectors West Africa, especially