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Department of Postharvest Management, Jimma University College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicin, Ethiopia

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• Research Article   
  Measure and Compare Physiochemical Properties of Apples Cultivars (Red and Yellow) and Physiological Properties of Banana Fruit
  Author(s): Tolcha Techane Alemu* and Vu Thim Kim Oanh
  
  This study was conducted to understand changes of physicochemical properties of fruits of two apple cultivars (red and yellow) as influenced by stage of maturity and physiological properties of banana fruits. Results indicated that maturity stage at harvest significantly (P<0.05) affected quality of apple cultivars and banana fruits. The result of study showed red apple cultivar has higher TSS, diameter, weight and a-value while the yellow cultivar apple has higher firmness, b* and L*- values. Apple red cultivar showed higher diameter (65.9 mm), higher TSS (14.6%), L* (46) and a* (22) values and yellow apple cultivar depicted higher firmness 10.04 N and b* values (26.7). The study also depicted that, ripe banana exhibited higher intensity respiration CO2 and ethylene production compare to green banana. However, during storage conditions, the cold storage exhibited lower intensity r.. Read More»
  

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