Plantains were picked at the full, full three-quarters or light three-quarters stage of maturity
and transported as bunches wrapped in cardboard, or clusters or fingers packed in boxes …

Freshly harvested green plantains held at a room temperature of 85 deg F started to ripen
after 7 days and were fully ripe 2 days later. When stored at 45 or 55 deg and RH 86-88 …

This new edition, which is a major revision of the 1974 original volume, consists of 18
chapters, the titles of which are as follows: Fruit physiology after harvest; Modern harvest …

Tightly stoppered bottles seemed to preserve the viability of potato seeds longer than paper
containers. Cold storage was found helpful under the climatic conditions of Beltsville …

Storage of fully mature plantains at 25, 12 and 4 C in polyethylene bags 30 and 100 µm thick
has been studied. The best effect of the packaing as obtained at 25 and 12 C. At 25 C …

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The effects of raw material, processing conditions and packaging on the quality of plantain
chips were investigated. Two cultivars of plantain Musa spp—Agbagba and Obino lewai—as …

Experiments were carried out to investigate the effects of temperature, packing, harvesting
method and cv. on breadfruit storage life. Storage life was increased at lower temperatures …

This compact and well-documented book in the" Science in Horticulture" series is intended
to give students a background to the technological processes required for the commercial …

Plantains stored in cartons without a packing material lost weight rapidly during ripening and
became blackened and shrivelled. Those packed in dry coir dust lost less weight, and those …