CI symptoms in bananas held in MA packages were not observed prior to 18 days. The discoloration was mild at this
time-period and slowly increased thereafter.
The discoloration was mild at this time-period and slowly increased thereafter.
The Wilcoxon rank-sum test showed a highly significant difference (P < 0.05) in visible peel chilling injury between bananas with and without modified atmosphere packaging (Fig. 1). When taken out of storage the peel did not show rapid darkening.