Banana Ripening: Science and Technology

✍ Scribed by Anthony Keith Thompson, Suriyan Supapvanich, Jiraporn Sirison

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 150
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Food, Health, and Nutrition
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The technology used to ripen bananas is affected by a wide range of factors, including the cultivar, growing conditions, harvesting method, and maturity at which the fruit are harvested and handled. Various post harvest treatments applied to fruit can also impact ripening. While many textbooks have been dedicated to Musa (bananas and plantains), none have focused exclusively on the ripening process.

The commercial ripening of bananas and the chemical changes that occur thereby are considered here in detail. In developed, temperate countries where bananas are imported, successful ripening technologies have evolved. Most bananas, however, are marketed locally in the country where they are grown, and often the ripening technologies used have economic and health implications. This brief offers an in-depth discussion of not only the implications of these technologies, but also of alternative ripening methods and their commercial applications. For an understanding of both the chemical basis by which bananas ripen and the technologies used to control the process, look no further than this essential text.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv
Introduction (Anthony Keith Thompson, Suriyan Supapvanich, Jiraporn Sirison)....Pages 1-11
Preharvest Effects (Anthony Keith Thompson, Suriyan Supapvanich, Jiraporn Sirison)....Pages 13-23
Fruit Ripening (Anthony Keith Thompson, Suriyan Supapvanich, Jiraporn Sirison)....Pages 25-55
Postharvest Treatments to Control Ripening (Anthony Keith Thompson, Suriyan Supapvanich, Jiraporn Sirison)....Pages 57-78
Initiation of Ripening (Anthony Keith Thompson, Suriyan Supapvanich, Jiraporn Sirison)....Pages 79-100
Ripening Technology (Anthony Keith Thompson, Suriyan Supapvanich, Jiraporn Sirison)....Pages 101-109
Conclusions (Anthony Keith Thompson, Suriyan Supapvanich, Jiraporn Sirison)....Pages 111-111
Back Matter ....Pages 113-143

✦ Subjects

Life Sciences; Food Microbiology; Food Science; Organic Chemistry