The prevention of postharvest heat and chilling injury in bananas.

Seasonal variations had a great influence on the ripening patterns of banana fruit. Normal ripening was enhanced or delayed by the effect of the maturing season on the fruit. Fruit maturing in summer (harvested in autumn) showed an increase in the rate of ripening, while fruit harvested in winter an...

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Main Author: De Villiers, Bernard Johann
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10210/232