Effects of ethylene exposure temperature on shelf life, composition and quality of artificially ripened bananas (musa acuminata AAA, cv. 'dwarf cavendish')

Food Science and Technology International

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 99-105

  Lobo, M G ^a   Gonzalez M ^a   Pena A ^a   Marrero, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO CANARIO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artificial ripening; Banana; Ethylene; Post harvest; Storage

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ETHYLENE; HARVESTING; SOLUBILITY; STORAGE (MATERIALS); SUGAR (SUCROSE);

ARTIFICIAL RIPENING; ETHYLENE EXPOSURES; FRUIT QUALITY; POST-HARVEST;

FRUITS;

CONCENTRATION; ETHYLENE; EXPOSURE; FORMULATIONS; FRUITS; HARVESTING; RIPENING; STORAGE; SUGAR;

MUSA ACUMINATA;

EID: 20544437408     PISSN: 10820132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1082013205052568     Document Type: Article

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