Background Banana fruit is a popular crop in global agriculture production and trade.
Bananas are delicate fresh produce where external factors can highly affect their quality …

Ripening is a genetically programmed highly coordinated irreversible phenomenon which
includes many biochemical changes including tissue softening, pigment changes, aroma …

The goal of this work was to evaluate changes in dietary fiber measured by the traditional
enzymatic-gravimetric method (AOAC 991.43) and the more recently accepted modified …

Abstract Banana (Musa spp.), an evergreen perennial crop belonging to the Musaceae
family, is one of the world's most important tropical and subtropical fruits. It is characterized …

This study was to establish the relationships between the physicochemical properties of
plantain ripened at tropical temperature, as a predictive tool for ripening quality and usage …

Plastic packaging preserves the quality of ethylene-treated bananas by generating a
beneficial modified atmosphere (MA). However, petroleum-based plastics cause …

In this study, silver-immobilized graphene oxide/chitosan (AGC/CTS) membranes were
assembled by the solvent evaporation method, wherein Curcuma longa extract was used to …

Banana green life (GL) is the time between harvesting and the start of natural ripening. GL
could be considered as a major quality criterion, as it defines whether or not a fruit is suitable …

Bananas are among the most widely consumed fruits in the world and are produced in large
quantities in tropical and subtropical areas. These fruits are affected by several postharvest …

Banana fruit has high nutritional value and is consumed worldwide. However, rapid
senescence shortens the storage time of harvested banana fruit after ripening. Procyanidins …