Abstract
This chapter deals only with Cavendish bananas (Musa AAA) and plantains (Musa AAB). The major problems affecting bananas during and after harvest are:
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The susceptibility of the mature fruit to physical damage caused during transport and marketing, by repeated handling of the bunches of fruit before dehanding, and of the hands of fruit in boxes afterwards.
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Decay of ripe bananas due to attack by pathogenic fungi, which develop from infections which can be established at any time before or after harvest.
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Uneven and unpredictable ripening of the fruit which fails to meet consumer demand.
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Thompson, A.K., Burden, O.J. (1995). Harvesting and fruit care. In: Gowen, S. (eds) Bananas and Plantains. World Crop Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0737-2_14
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