Polyethylene bags to delay ripening of bananas during transport and storage
- 1 January 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by CSIRO Publishing in Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
- Vol. 6 (21) , 197-199
- https://doi.org/10.1071/ea9660197
Abstract
Bananas were packed in 0.0015-inch polyethylene bags, transported 600 miles by rail from northern N.S.W. to Sydney in a louvred van, and then stored at 68�F. Twelve days after harvest the bananas packed in polyethylene bags were still hard and green, whereas the controls were ripe. The unripe bananas ripened normally after they were removed from the polyethylene bags.Keywords
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