SharePostharvest calcium chloride treatments do not help to increase the shelf life of bananas.
Author(s) : PERERA A. N., KARUNARATNE A. M.
Type of article: Article
Summary
Calcium chloride (CaCl2) treatment has been shown to increase the shelf life of fruits, mainly through making cell walls less accessible to pathogens and softening enzymes. But for bananas, Ca2+ does not appear to influence cell wall structure but appears to influence ripening physiology.
Details
- Original title: Postharvest calcium chloride treatments do not help to increase the shelf life of bananas.
- Record ID : 2002-2951
- Languages: English
- Source: Fruits - vol. 57 - n. 2
- Publication date: 2002/03
- Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.
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Indexing
- Themes: Fruit
- Keywords: Postharvest treatment; Calcium; Banana; Tropical fruit; Storage life
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