Effect of treatment with LPE, in the presence and absence of lecithin, on fruit marketability, peel thickness, peel ion leakage, peel chlorophyll contents and pulp firmness. Banana fruit were dipped in lecithin (500 mg L1) solution either alone or mixed with LPE, or water (control) for 30 min and stored at room temperature. Measurements presented here were done at day 7 after treatment. For marketability, a total of 60 fruit per treatment were evaluated (20 fruit per replication, 3 replications per treatment). For all other measurements, two representative fruit per replication (6 fruit per treatment) were used. Mean comparisons were made using Duncan Multiple Range Test. Mean values that have different letter are significantly different at P 0.05. The values are mean SE.