Abstract
The effects of modified atmosphere packaging at low storage temperature on the quality of organic bananas (cv. Cavendish) were investigated. Polybags, with or without an ethylene scavenger, significantly reduced (p<0.05) the total weight loss of bananas during storage for 25 days and fruit firmness was favoured by packaging. Bags containing a scavenger prevented the peel colour changing beyond the classification ‘greener than yellow’ over 25 days and total soluble solids were lower than in unwrapped fruit. The fruit was not treated with fungicide yet disease levels were relatively low at 25 days. Shelf life extension to 62 days was possible in polybags containing potassium permanganate when held at 14?C. When the scavenger was omitted, storage life was 55 days, yet acceptable taste and other quality were maintained.
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Claim · model-written summary
Polybags with or without an ethylene scavenger significantly reduced total weight loss of bananas during 25 days of storage.
- Taxon
- bananase0
- Material
- cv. Cavendishe0
- Treatment
- Polybags, with or without an ethylene scavengere1
- Outcome
- total weight losse1
- Direction
- reducede1
- Qualifier
- during storage for 25 dayse1
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“organic bananas (cv. Cavendish)”
e1“Polybags, with or without an ethylene scavenger, significantly reduced (p<0.05) the total weight loss of bananas during storage for 25 days”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit firmness was favoured by packaging of bananas.
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“organic bananas (cv. Cavendish)”
e1“fruit firmness was favoured by packaging”
Claim · model-written summary
Bags containing a scavenger prevented peel colour change beyond the greener-than-yellow classification over 25 days.
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“organic bananas (cv. Cavendish)”
e1“Bags containing a scavenger prevented the peel colour”
Claim · model-written summary
Total soluble solids were lower in bags containing a scavenger than in unwrapped fruit.
Verbatim
e0“organic bananas (cv. Cavendish)”
e1“Bags containing a scavenger prevented the peel colour”
e2“total soluble solids were lower than in unwrapped fruit”
Claim · model-written summary
Shelf life was extended to 62 days in polybags containing potassium permanganate when held at 14 C.
- Taxon
- bananase0
- Treatment
- polybags containing potassium permanganatee3
- Outcome
- Shelf lifee3
- Direction
- extensione3
- Value
- 62 dayse3
- Qualifier
- when held at 14?Ce3
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“organic bananas (cv. Cavendish)”
e3“Shelf life extension to 62 days was possible in polybags containing potassium permanganate when held at 14?C”
Claim · model-written summary
With the scavenger omitted, storage life of bananas was 55 days.
Verbatim
e0“organic bananas (cv. Cavendish)”
e4“When the scavenger was omitted, storage life was 55 days”
Claim · model-written summary
With the scavenger omitted, taste and other quality of bananas were maintained at an acceptable level.
Verbatim
e0“organic bananas (cv. Cavendish)”
e4“When the scavenger was omitted, storage life was 55 days”
e5“acceptable taste and other quality were maintained”
Claim · model-written summary
Disease levels on bananas not treated with fungicide were relatively low at 25 days.
Verbatim
e0“organic bananas (cv. Cavendish)”
e6“The fruit was not treated with fungicide yet disease levels were relatively low at 25 days”
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