Performance during post-harvest storage of banana cv. 'prata', 'maçã' and 'nanica' exposed to physical and chemical treatments Comportamento pós-colheita durante armazenamento de bananas 'prata', 'maçã' e 'nanica' submetidas a tratamentos físicos e químicos

Banana is the most consumed fruit in the world and Brazil is the second largest producer. Despite its global position, Brazil has an average of 40% losses during the post-harvest period. So, this experiment aimed at evaluating the efficiency of post-harvest treatments to improve the storage of banan...

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Main Authors: Silvia R. M. Coelho, Simone S. Werner, Anna P. Poncio, Letícia Ferreira, Lúcia H. P. Nóbrega
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola 2011-01-01
Series:Engenharia Agrícola
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-69162011000400011