Basil oil plus aluminium sulfate and modified atmosphere packaging controls Crown rot disease in Embul banana ( Musa acuminata , AAB) during cold storage

Control of Postharvest Crown Rot Disease in Cavendish Banana with Aluminium Sulfate and Vacuum Packaging

“…After each storage period, banana hands were subjected to induced ripening by exposure to ethylene (thrill -480 g/L ethephon, 1 mL/L of water) for 24-48 h at ambient temperature of 26 ± 2 ºC (Siriwardana et al, 2016).…”

“…Crown rot in each hand was recorded using a standard index developed at the Department of Botany, University of Kelaniya (Crown Rot Severity (CRS) 0=No rot, 1=25% Crown rot, 2=50% Crown rot, 3=75% Crown rot, 4=100% Crown rot) (Abeywickrama et al, 2009;Siriwardana et al, 2016).…”

“…The homogenate was fi ltered and the fi ltrate was taken to measure the TSS using a hand-held Refractometer (ATC, ATAGO, Japan, Brix; 0-32%). The actual TSS content was calculated by multiplying each reading with the dilution factor (Abeywickrama et al, 2009;Siriwardana et al, 2016).Ten replicate samples were used per treatment.…”

“…The end point was taken as the sudden appearance of slight pink colour in the solution. TA was calculated by multiplying the NaOH volume with the dilution factor and the malic acid factor (malic acid factor=0.0067 g).TA was expressed as % malic acid (Abeywickrama et al, 2009;Siriwardana et al, 2016). Ten replicate samples were used per treatment.…”

“…The probe was gently pressed against a cross cut section (1 cm thickness) of a fi nger until it indicated a constant value (Abeywickrama et al,2009;Siriwardana et al, 2016). Ten replicate samples were used per treatment.…”