Banana bunch cover: evaluation of promising bag materials

Abstract

Now days there has been an increase in the consumers demand for great food, produced in environmentally cost-effective and friendly processes, being increasingly necessary new cultivation techniques able to ensure the required standards for banana growers and consumers. Therefore, the research aimed to evaluate the effects of bunch cover materials on development and quality of ‘BRS Platina’ banana fruits. The experimental design was in randomized blocks, with six treatments, four replications and four plants per plot, being the treatments: WB – without bagging; BBTK – black polypropylene bag (TNT) + kraft paper; BBPK - black polyethilene bag + kraft paper; KP – kraft paper; WBT – non-woven polypropylene white bag (TNT) and WBP - white polyethylene plastic bag. The ‘BRS Platina’ banana bunches cover improved fruits quality and the treatment polyethylene white bag (WBP) can be an advantageous option for the banana growers because of its effectiveness on the reduction of damages caused by flowers thrips (Frankliniella spp), providing a good agronomic performance and also does not delay the harvesting.

Hydrocolloid Coatings as a Pre-Frying Treatment in the Production of Low-Fat Banana Chips

“…The pulp of the fruits of the cultivar BRS Platina differed mainly in terms of a lower total sugar content, higher lipid content, and higher acidity (Table 2). Our results agree with those observed in other studies with the same cultivars and in pulps of unripe fruit of different banana cultivars [35][36][37][38][39][40][41]. Moisture is an important quality parameter that affects the efficiency of the process, the amount of fat absorbed, and the texture (hardness and crispiness) of the fried products.…”