An integrated strategy to control post‐harvest decay of Embul banana by combining essential oils with modified atmosphere packaging

Abstract

Mature Embul (Musa, AAB) bananas were treated with emulsions of either cinnamon bark or leaf (Cinnamomum zeylanicum) or clove (Syzygium aromaticum) oils to control postharvest diseases, packed under modified atmosphere (MA) using low-density polyethylene (0.075 mm, LDPE) bags, and stored in a cold room (14 ± 1°C, 90% RH) or at ambient temperature (28 ± 2°C). The effects of the essential oils on post-harvest diseases; physicochemical properties and organoleptic properties were determined and compared with controls and bananas treated with benomyl. Treatments with cinnamon bark and leaf oils controlled crown rot, whereas clove oil treatment did not affect crown rot development. Treatment with emulsions of cinnamon oils combined with MA packaging can be recommended as a safe, cost-effective method for extending the storage life of Embul bananas up to 21 days in a cold room and 14 days at 28 ± 2°C without affecting the organoleptic and physico-chemical properties.

Study on the Potential Use of Essential Oils for Decay Control and Quality Preservation of Tabarzeh Table Grape

“…This may be related to the inhibition of fruit respiration by essential oil coating but the reason of differences among several essential oils indeterminate. In spite of the face that results obtained in present study showed that essential oil treatments had noticeable effect on quality parameters of table grape but this results did not agree with previous reports that described essential oil treatment had not significant effect on quality factors of banana and strawberry fruits (Ranasinghe et al 2005;Tzortzakis 2007).…”

Biological control of crown rot of bananas with Pichia anomala strain K and Candida oleophila strain O

“…For example, the use of sodium bicarbonate incorporated into a wax coating with C. oleophila (2 Â 10 8 cfu/ ml) is a commercially acceptable alternative to chemicals for post-harvest control of anthracnose of papaya during storage (Gamagae et al, 2004). Biological control of post-harvest diseases of bananas with natural plant compounds (Anthony et al, 2004;Demerutis et al, in press;Ranasinghe et al, 2002Ranasinghe et al, , 2005Thangavelu et al, 2004), antioxidants (Khan et al, 2001), and inorganic salts alone (Alvindia et al, 2004) or in combination with surfactant (Alvindia and Natsuaki, 2007) has also been studied. The combination of such compounds with the yeast treatment could also enable an improvement of the biological control.…”

Isolation and Pathogenicity Evaluation of Postharvest Fungal of Some Fruits in Cameroon

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