Effects on shelf life and fruit quality and physiology of different postharvest treatments in postharvest life of bananas where growing in Anamur

Postharvest quality and quantity of Dwarf Cavendish and Grand Nain bananas, which is known as ?Anamur bananas?, have economically important in Turkey. Bananas gives different responses to postharvest applications due to their different physiologies from many products. For a successful storage, different postharvest applications should be applied in different physiological stages. In this study, 1-Methylcyclopropene (1-MCP), that is well used in postharvest of many products, modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) and potassium permanganate applications and their combinations were used in green and in level 3 maturated banana. All shelf life analysis had been carried out after 8 days of storage applications to maturated bananas and 40 days of storage applications to green bananas and sensory analyses were done for target customers.The research results showed that using MAP alone and with other combinations at maturity level 3 were decreased weight losses in half (Control %5.20 , MAP %2.99). It was found that MAP only application was also effective on postharvest losses (MAP %12.67 Control %24.13). Using 1-MCP at maturity level 3 was not economic. It was also seen that using 1-MCP only application in green bananas was abnormally increased yellow and green sharp contrasts. In green bananas, it was examined that, using MAP only and MAP with other applications were importantly decreased the weight losses (MAP %3.50, Control %8.08). It was sufficient to use 1000 ppm imazalil in order to decrease postharvest losses.