Post harvest loss has been a bane to food security in Nigeria. Although increased crop yield has been found to be feasible. Post harvest losses especially in fruits such as citrus, banana and pineapple are enormous, the marketing system of these fruits places about 75% of the burden of these losses on the fruit marketers. This study evaluated post harvest losses in fruit marketing in Lagos metr...

Allergies to certain fruits such as banana, avocado, chestnut and kiwi are described in 30-70% of latex-allergic patients. This association is attributed to the cross-reactivity between the major latex allergen hevein and hevein-like domains (HLDs) from fruit class I chitinases. We aimed to assess the extent of cross-reactivity between hevein and HLDs using sera from latex-allergic patients wit...

Three bunches of unripe ‘Williams’ banana fruit of different maturity, 173, 156 and 71 days from bunch emergence, were harvested. Fruit from the top, bottom and middle hands from each bunch were fumigated for 24 h with 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) at 0, 5, 50 or 500 nl l at 20C. All fruit were then stored at 20C in air containing 0.1 ml l ethylene and the time taken for each fruit to ripen (gre...

Banana scientifically known as Musa sp. is a famous tropical fruit majorly cultivated in India with production of 29 million tonnes. One the underrated parts banana plant edible flower (banana inflorescence/blossom) which can be utilized several ways for nutritional and therapeutic purposes it to have potential antioxidant, anti-carcinogenic, anti-diabetic properties. The present paper primaril...

Banana is a common fruit which found throughout Southeast Asia and are beneficial both as delicacy dessert good for health. Although quite easy to obtain, many people today find it difficult identify the correct ripeness stage of banana, especially when purchasing from traditional vendors, where varying degree available. This research sought possibility classify banana by its peel colour with H...

Pawpaw [Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal] is the largest edible fruit native to North America. The species range covers 26 states in the U.S., extending from northern Florida to southern Ontario and as far west as eastern Nebraska. Pawpaw fruits were traditionally consumed by Native Americans, then by European explorers and settlers. Today, pawpaws are consumed by local populations in rural areas fro...

Banana ‘Cavendish’ and avocado are grouped into climacteric fruits perishable in nature after harvest. The facts that both harvested when they still green make difficulties detecting fruit maturities. This occurs because the harvest criteria carried out physically, where with same physical may have different levels of physiological maturity. Thermal image (TI) is a non-invasive, non-contact non...

The economic viability of employing dark fermentative hydrogen from whole fruit wastes as a green alternative to fossil fuels is limited by low hydrogen yield due to the inhibitory effect of some metabolites in the fermentation medium. In exploring means of increasing hydrogen production from fruit wastes, including orange, apple, banana, grape and melon, the present study assessed the hydrogen...

Ethylene plays an essential role in many biological processes including fruit ripening via modulation of ethylene signaling pathway. Ethylene Response Factors (ERFs) are key transcription factors (TFs) involved in ethylene perception and are divided into AP2, RAV, ERF, and DREB sub-families. Although a number of studies have implicated the involvement of DREB sub-family genes in stress response...

This study examines consumer perceptions of the qualities considered in purchasing decisions and preferences for bananas traditional markets Pangkalpinang. research was carried out a predetermined market Pangkalpinang City. used survey method as its primary design. Purposive sampling used, sample size 100 respondents. The attributes analyzed were tasted, fruit skin color, size, number per comb....