BIOINFOLET - A Quarterly Journal of Life Sciences
Web of Science
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue: 3

Effect of Ethylene on Ripening Behaviour of Banana

  • Author:
  • N. B. Shaikh, V. M. Rajenimbalkar, V. P. Bhalerao
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 534 to 536

Banana Research Station, Nimkhedi Road, Jalgaon-425001, (M.S.)

Online published on 5 October, 2016.

Abstract

The treatment of banana fruit with 100 ppm concentration of ethylene was found to be favorable for desired biochemical, quality and sensory parameters and significantly better in terms of firmness, physiological loss in weight and shelf life.

Keywords

Banana, Ethylene gas, ripening chamber, Biochemical properties