Wills et al. (1999b) reported that

Wills et al. (1999b) reported that the green life of bananas at 20◦C was doubled when the concentration of exogenous ethylene was reduced from 0.1 to 0.01 L/L. This suggests that controlling the ethylene in the atmosphere around green banana fruit may offer a partial or possibly even a total offset to the use of refrigeration during the storage and transport of bananas.