Routine post-harvest screening of banana/plantain hybrids: Criteria and methods

This manual describes the key post-harvest criteria and methods/procedures for routine selection of new Musa hybrids. There are many post-harvest criteria for screening new banana, cooking banana and plantain hybrids, however the major ones include : post-harvest characteristics at harvest, fruit ma...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Dadzie, B.K., Orchard, J.E.
Formato: Manual
Lenguaje:Francés
Español
Publicado: 1997
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104447
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Sumario:This manual describes the key post-harvest criteria and methods/procedures for routine selection of new Musa hybrids. There are many post-harvest criteria for screening new banana, cooking banana and plantain hybrids, however the major ones include : post-harvest characteristics at harvest, fruit maturation, green-life and shelf-life, fruit ripening quality, sensory quality, cooking or boiling quality, processing quality, mechanical damage, physiological disorders and post-harvest diseases. English version out of print INIBAP / CTA / NRI / FHIA / ODA