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SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
Volume 108, Issue 2, Pages 167-172Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2006.01.024
Keywords
banana; altitude; quality; physicochemical characteristics; harvest stag
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The physicochemical characteristics of bananas grown at two different altitudes (L: 50 m and H: 300 m) in Martinique, French West Indies (FWI) were compared at four harvest stages with the aim of potentially promoting mountain bananas-which differ from current standard bananas-or export to the European market. At an equivalent harvest stage, highland (H) bananas were significantly thicker in diameter (grade), denser and firmer than lowland (L) bananas. After ripening, H bananas were significantly firmer and their peel was harder as compared to L bananas. Their dry matter and dry soluble extract contents and citrate concentrations were significantly higher than noted in L bananas. P contents were significantly higher in L bananas whereas Zn contents were higher in H bananas. A principle component analysis differentiated H and L bananas on the basis of their physicochemical characteristics. It was found that the altitude factor had a more marked effect than the harvest stage factor on the physicochemical characteristics of ripe fruit. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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