Effect of shrimp chitosan coating on physicochemical properties and shelf life extension of banana

• Main Authors: Sikder, Md. Belal Hossain, Islam, Md. Muksitu, Rashid, Shah Samiur, Moazzem, Md. Shakir
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Malaysia Pahang 2019
• Subjects: QP Physiology; TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25277/1/Effect%20of%20shrimp%20chitosan%20coating%20on%20physicochemical%20properties%20.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25277/; http://journal.ump.edu.my/ijets/article/view/1390/398

Banana is a highly perishable fruit with short shelf-life. Lack of proper preservation practices results in considerable amount of post-harvest loss of banana in Bangladesh. To minimize this post-harvest loss and extend the shelf-life of mature bananas (green colour) were treated with 0.5%, 0.75%...