Armazenamento e maturação de bananas do cultivar "prata" (musa sp ) em sacos de polietileno contendo absorvente de etileno

Abstract

SUMMARY This experiment had as its objective the study of an sdequate way to conserve the banana "Prata" (Musa sp). in order to meet conditions of the national market. Poliethylene packaging from the produ­ cer to the consumer. For this, the following treatments were used: no packaging, perforated plastic, inperforated plastic contai􀁝 ning an absorvent, imperforated plastic, imperforated plastic con­taining an absorvent. The treated banana Were stored in a container with a constant temperatura of 22 ± 1 °c and a relativa humidity of 90 ± 3%. Once a day a reading was taKen of the skin calor and the room was ventilated. With the belp of statistical analysis of the obtai­ned data the tollowing were concluded: 1. The use of the ethylene, absorbent, inside the unperforated plastic container delays the outset of maturation, but it does not pre­vent the fruits from becoming spoiled and therefore, unusable to the consumer. 2. The best packing found, to be used from producer to con­sume,, was perforated plastic without the ethylene, absorbent. lt allows a gain of approximately tive days for conservation at the 22° C temperature.