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Measurement of banana green life

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2008

Marc Chillet ,
Luc de Lapeyre de Bellaire ,
Olivier Hubert  and
Didier Mbéguié-A-Mbéguié
Marc Chillet
Affiliation:
CIRAD-Persyst, UMR Qualisud, Faculdade de Farmacia, Universidade de São Paulo, avenida Lineu Prestes, 580, Bloco 14, 05508-900 São Paulo, SP, Brasil
Luc de Lapeyre de Bellaire
Affiliation:
CIRAD-Persyst, UPR Systèmes bananes et ananas, CARBAP, BP 832, Douala, Cameroonluc.de_lapeyre@cirad.fr
Olivier Hubert
Affiliation:
CIRAD-Persyst, UMR Qualisud, Station de Neufchâteau, Sainte-Marie, 97130 Capesterre-Belle-Eau, Guadeloupe, France olivier.hubert@cirad.fr, didier.mbeguie-a-mbeguie @cirad.fr
Didier Mbéguié-A-Mbéguié
Affiliation:
CIRAD-Persyst, UMR Qualisud, Station de Neufchâteau, Sainte-Marie, 97130 Capesterre-Belle-Eau, Guadeloupe, France olivier.hubert@cirad.fr, didier.mbeguie-a-mbeguie @cirad.fr
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Abstract

Introduction. This protocol aims at measuring the storage life potential of banana fruit, and at determining the physiological age of fruit. The principle, key advantages, starting plant material, time required and expected results are presented. Materials and methods. This part describes the required laboratory materials and the five steps necessary for calculating the banana green life duration, which corresponds to the number of days between the fruit harvest and climacteric crisis. Results. The measurement of O2 and CO2 concentrations allows one to detect the climacteric peak which marks the end of the banana green life.

Keywords

FranceMusa sp.methodsfruitsmeasurementmaturitystorageFranceMusa sp.méthodefruitsmesurematuritéstokage
Type
Research Article
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Fruits , Volume 63 , Issue 2 , March 2008 , pp. 125 - 127
Copyright
© CIRAD, EDP Sciences, 2008

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