Table 2.
Green life of bananas harvested in spring 2012 and stored under different relative humidity (RH) and CO2 concentration.
| experiment start |
February 2012 (effect of RH) |
March 2012 (effect of elevated CO2) |
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| humidity atmosphere |
RH 50–60% normal air |
RH 80% normal air |
RH 98%<2% CO2 |
RH 98%<2% CO2 |
RH 98% 5% CO2 |
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| bunch position | top | bottom | top | bottom | top | bottom | top | bottom | top | bottom |
| 15°C | 42±4 | 44±5 | 37±5 | 46±8 | 48±2 | 50±0 | 57±1 | 58±5 | 61±2 | 62±9 |
| 18°C | 23±7 | 29±7 | 28±4 | 30±9 | 32±2 | 36±2 | 30±4 | 48±14 | 49±17 | 51±14 |