Abstract:New plantain hybrids plants have been developed but not much has been done on the post-harvest keeping quality of the fruits and how they are affected by microbial colonization. Hence fruits from a tetraploid hybrid PITA 2 (TMPx 548-9) obtained by crossing plantain varieties Obino l'Ewai and Calcutta 4 (AA) and two local triploid (AAB) plantain landraces Agbagba and Obino l'Ewai were subjected to various concentrations of acetic, sorbic and propionic acid to determine the impact of chemical concentration, chem… Show more
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