Introduction to Banana Fruits

The longest shelf life of banana fruits (19 days) was observed when hard green stages fruits pre-cooling at 5°C for 30 min and kept in plastic bag containing KMnO4 and the minimum shelf life (5.

Banana fruits contain high levels of minerals and phytochemicals, including flavonoids, which are beneficial for human nutrition.

In this study, the effect of inoculation of Fusarium musae on ripe and unripe banana fruits was observed.

dorsalis flies were maximum on mango fruits than those of guava and banana fruits.

Changes of fruit weight, length of banana fruits, fruit pulp weight, luminosity (L*), red-green (a*), yellow (b*), hue angle and chroma for skin of banana, total soluble solid (TSS) content, pH value and starch content of banana fruit pulp, respiration rate, and ethylene production of banana fruits during the developmental continuum were measured from seven days after flowering (DAF) to senescence.

Aim: The aim of this study was to isolate, enumerate, identify and ascertain the antibiotic profile of the bacterial isolates associated with key body parts (Cut stalk, Tip, Endocarp, Vascular Tissue and Epicarp) of Banana fruits (Cavendish, Dwarf Cavendish, Red, Lady Finger and Grand Nain Banana) collected from Port-Harcourt, Rivers State.

Accelerated ripened banana fruits had low pH>5 and higher TSS Original Research Article Orisa and Usoroh; ARJA, 14(1): 10-17, 2021; Article no.

During the off-seasons, various ripening agents are used for the ripening of banana fruits.

Main results: The thrips causes a red-brownish discoloration at the spots where banana fruits touch each other.

Staphylococcus aureus count in the unripe sampled Banana fruits from Oil Mill market showed high prevalent rate in the Cut Stalk of the Cavendish Banana at 4.

Banana fruits contain high levels of minerals and phytochemicals, including flavonoids, which are beneficial for human nutrition.

Received: 13 January 2021 Revised received: 15 March 2021 Accepted: 21 March 2021 Desirable ripened quality banana fruits are important for the consumer acceptability.

This paper demonstrates the fabrication of silk nanodisc (SND) dispersed chitosan (CS) based new edible coating as a candidate for superior thermal, hydrophobic, optical, mechanical, and physicochemical properties, which further provide remarkable storage quality for banana fruits.

Banana fruits were dipped for 2 min in aqueous emulsions containing 1% Tween‐80—used here as a surfactant with untreated fruits being used as control.

musae in banana fruits compared with the results obtained with the fungicide Imazalil.

Analysis was conducted for the biochemical constituents of mature and ripe Nendran banana fruits.

Minimum ethylene gas was noted in banana fruits treated with 1% of KMnO4 (0.

Therefore, the application of eco-friendly seaweed-based bio stimulant would be beneficial for the time of harvesting, and the size of banana fruits.

The objective of this work was to evaluate the influence of seven post-harvest coatings on apple banana fruits.

In this paper, a mobile application to identify the ripeness of banana fruits is built by implementing a computer vision technique.

Recently, banana fruits possessing rotten and blackened fingertip symptoms were observed in Sistan-Baluchestan, Iran.

The effectiveness of basil oil on the nutritional properties of Cavendish banana and chemical composition of basil oil and oil residue levels of treated banana fruits were evaluated in this study.

putrescine, spermidine and spermine were induced in control as well as ethylene pre-treated banana fruits.

Originality/Value: Our observations suggest that banana fruits presented little changes in the function of farming conditions with an accumulation of specific compounds in determined stages of ripening without remarkable difference among systems of cultivation.

62 mg/g extract), while those with relatively high indigestible polysaccharides were the extracts of pineapple fruits ( Ananas comosus ), lotus seeds ( Nelumbo nucifera ), black rice grains ( Oryza sativa ) and pisang mas banana fruits ( Musa sapientum ).

Also, US, SA and combination treatments, in comparison to the control, led to better preservation of firmness, phenol content, antioxidant capacity, more weight loss control, and inhibition of polyphenol oxidase enzyme activity in banana fruits.

The phytochemicals of the ethanolic extracts of unripe pulp and peel of banana fruits from several banana cultivars belonging to the Musa acuminata species (namely 'Kluai Namwa', 'Kluai Hom Thong', 'Kluai Leb Mu Nang', and 'Kluai Khai') were studied by color reaction test and HPTLC analysis.

This paper discussed the safe ripening practices for mango and banana fruits along with the technical design and commercial aspects of refrigeration systems, ripening systems, control systems, PUF panel insulation structure for a ripening chamber facility.

In particular, the study examined the influence of the maintenance of natural biodiversity (Atlantic forest) near a conventional banana crop on the metabolic profiling of ripe banana fruits.

The banana fruits used were bought at Apata market, Ibadan, and later peeled.

Bagging banana fruits can be develop as a control to protect the fruits from Nacoleia octasema.

The final levels of difenoconazole and propiconazole residues on whole banana fruits were ≤0.

The selected peels, obtained from orange, pineapple cashew and banana fruits were air dried at 28±20C for four weeks and later grounded into powders.

Therefore, we evaluate the effects of 1-Methylcyclopropene associated with low density polyethylene bags on physical and chemical attributes in the postharvest of banana fruits.

Ripening of banana fruits was carried out by different methodologies like naturally, stressed by fumes, placing in hot condition, using calcium carbide, calcium chloride, potash, ethylene, ethereal, ethylene glycol, methyl jasmonate, etc.

Ripening tests were carried out using ‘Pacovan’ banana fruits with B.

Banana fruits are prone to attack by Colletotrichum musae, causing postharvest anthracnose disease.

This study was designed to evaluate the concentration of arsenic in selected banana fruits within Warri Metropolis.

was isolated from banana fruits.

Nevertheless, a certain effect of exogenous gene elimination laid a theoretical foundation for the next step of screening banana fruit-specific promoters, removing all exogenous genes from banana fruits, and solving the food safety problem of genetically modified bananas.

Banana fruits were placed in a TiO 2 ‐coated glass chamber and observed for ten days.

The general objective of this work was to highlight the physiological phenomenon of photosynthesis that underlies ripening in banana fruits and to follow its bioindicators evolution.

The objective of this study was to investigate carotenoid accumulation pattern in banana fruits during postharvest ripening and the mechanisms regulating this process.

In the same vein, banana fruits when treated only by hydrothermal treatment maintained better postharvest quality trait when compared to the fruits of the hydrothermal treatment associated with calcium chloride.

Banana fruits treated with hexanal, irrespective of cultivars experienced a significant delay in weight loss and higher firmness Original Research Article Muthuvel et al.

The independent origin of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid oxidase (ACO) homoeologue gene pairs and tandem duplication-driven expansion of ACO genes in the B-subgenome contributed to rapid and major ethylene production post-harvest in allotriploid banana fruits.