Abstract
Banana is one of the most important fruit commoditiesand extensively used as raw material in local food industries. Unfortunately, the poor handling during postharvest storage often leads to sharp decrease in the qualities and quantities of banana fruits that are not acceptable to the market standards. Hence, this research aimed to investigate an alternative method for postharvest handling of banana, which is practical at low-cost. In this research, we tested the effects of chitosan coating and application of bamboo Fruit Storage Chamber (FSC) to delay ripening. Two kilograms of banana were placed in two tier FSCto determine its effect on fruit ripening process. Physical, physiological, sensory quality and ripening related (MaACO and MaACS1) genes expression levels were studied during nine days of the ripening process. The results showed that the total soluble solids (TSS), weight loss, and pulp to peel ratio of the control were higher than the FSC treated bananas. In addition, the level of MaACO and MaACS1 genes expression in FSC treated bananas is also lower than in control. These results indicated that FSC treatment was able to delay the ripening of bananas by two dayslaterthan control.
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