Response of mechanically-damaged banana (Musa acuminate cv. Latundan) fruit to 1-methylcyclopropene
Date
4-2013
Degree
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
Major Course
Major in Horticulture
College
College of Agriculture and Food Science (CAFS)
Adviser/Committee Chair
Josephine U. Agravante
Abstract
The effect of mechanical damage and 1-MCP (0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 ppm) application on ripening of Latundan bananas was determined. The damage was induced by dropping the fruits from varying heights (50 cm, 75 cm, and 100 cm) onto rough cemented or smooth corrugated surfaces. The fruits were dipped in aqueous 1-MCP before or after the injury was incurred. Regardless of the dropping height and surface, faster ripening was obtained in mechanically damaged than in sound fruits. Bananas that were dropped from a height of 75 cm onto smooth corrugated steel surface exhibited the fastest ripening. Peel color development, softening, and disease occurrence in sound fruits were delayed by 1-MCP at 0.5 ppm and 1.0 ppm. The weight loss, TSS, TA and pH were not affected by the treatments.The marketable life of sound and mechanically damaged fruits was extended by 1.0 ppm of 1-MCP. The use of 1-MCP at 1.0 ppm was more effective in delaying ripening and deterioration when applied before the injury was incurred.
Language
English
Location
UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)
Call Number
LG 993.5 2013 A3 /C47
Recommended Citation
Ceraos, Julie Ann Evangelista, "Response of mechanically-damaged banana (Musa acuminate cv. Latundan) fruit to 1-methylcyclopropene" (2013). Undergraduate Theses. 2733.
https://www.ukdr.uplb.edu.ph/etd-undergrad/2733
Document Type
Thesis