In contrast to the differentiated color changing patterns
recorded between the 20% CO
treated bananas and
plantains,no significant difference was detected for the firmness decline of pulps between the control
fruits and treated fruits. For both cultivars, the decline of
the pulp firmness almost followed the same patterns,as
from around 14.1 to 1 N for bananas and from around 12.1
to 1.4 N for plantain(Fig.2). the fruit peel firmness was
detected larger than the pulp for both cultivars, and the
firmness also decreased rapidly,as form about 47.5 to 5.3 N
for bananas and from about 68.6 to 5.5 N for plantains,
ripening in control atmosphere. Slightly slower decline in
the peel firmness was detected for the treated bananas but
not plantains, as compared to the control fruits.
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