BANANA TREATMENTS
There is provided a method for treating bananas comprising contacting the bananas with a liquid composition comprising a cyclopropene molecular encapsulation agent complex, wherein the duration of contact is from 1 second to 4 minutes.
1 . A method for treating bananas comprising contacting said bananas with a composition comprising a cyclopropene molecular encapsulation agent complex, wherein the duration of said contacting is from 1 second to 4 minutes,
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said liquid composition is aqueous.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said liquid composition comprises from 0% to 0.1% nonionic surfactant by weight based on the total weight of said liquid composition.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said liquid composition contains metal chelating agent at concentration from 0.1 to 100 millimole per liter.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said contacting is performed by dipping said bananas in said liquid composition.
6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein said dipping has duration of 5 to 60 seconds.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein an amount of cyclopropene in said liquid composition is from 5 to 100 microgram per liter.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said cyclopropene is 1-methyl cyclopropene.
9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said molecular encapsulating agent is alpha-cyclodextrin.