Chilling symptoms were observed in both control and NOtreated
fruit after 5 day under storage at 7 C, and the CI index
gradually increased. NO treatment significantly (P < 0.05) reduced
CI index of cold-stored banana fruit. As shown in Fig. 1A, CI index
was 37.5% and 26.9% lower in NO treated-fruit than in control fruit
on day 5 and day 10, respectively. Chilling stress caused increases
of electrolyte leakage in banana fruit during cold storage.
Electrolyte leakage of control fruit increased slightly during
storage while NO treatment remarkably inhibited the increases
in electrolyte leakage