MAP was effective in prolonging shelf
life of passion fruit while maintaining
postharvest qualities. Although there is
widespread use of MAP in perishable
commodities especially by retail traders,
the use is mainly limited to ordinary
polyethene bags with very high incidences
of rotting due to low permeability.
Therefore, the use of activebag® is an
ideal alternative product that is ideal in
extending the marketing period of purple
passion fruit by maintaining their quality
attributes and external appearance. Fruits
harvested at stage 2 were able to maintain
their quality attributes under activebag®
packaging of up to 23 days and is thus
ideal for fruits targeted for distant markets.
Fruits harvested at stage 3 were able to had
good keeping quality of up to 16 days
which is suitable for nearby markets.