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Ethylene gas on imperial mandarins improves visual appeal but may be reducing shelf life

Tinges of green on imperial mandarins are a natural occurrence. (Supplied: Dennis Smith)

Citrus growers are trying to popularise mandarins with green tinges, but say shoppers have come to expect the perfect glossy orange colour created by gas treatments. 

The popular imperial mandarin variety is meant to have touches of green on the skin, but growers use ethylene gas to speed up the ripening process, removing all green colouring.

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