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Some factors affecting banana storage and ripening: a case study of banana handling and ripening in Kenya.

George, J. B.; Mwangangi, B. M.;

Acta Horticulturae Year: 1994 Issue: No. 368 Pages: 628-633 Ref: 4 ref.

1994

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Some factors affecting banana storage and ripening: a case study of banana handling and ripening in Kenya.

ABSTRACT

Postharvest losses of bananas, which are normally transported to market in open trucks at ambient temperature, were investigated. The major factors responsible for the losses were mechanical damage and in-transit ripening. Overall, the losses from defingering, bruising, broken fruits and in-transit ripening were in the order of 22, 29, 15 and 30%. The position of the fruits in the truck affected the degree of damage with total losses from the top, middle and bottom being 21, 31 and 44%, respectively.