Fig. 5.

Classification of the maturity of bananas and the contribution of the stalk, middle, and tip of banana in maturity predictions. (A) Cluster analysis of the sweetness of the banana pulp and the color of the banana peel from the 1st to the 21st day of ripening; (B) Cluster analysis of the expression levels of the MaXET5, MaPL2, MaBAM7, MaACO, MaACS, MaPAO, and MaSGR genes from the 1st to the 24th day of ripening; (C) Ranking of the importance of each variable in relation with the maturity prediction of bananas. Banana segments are indicated by numbers; 1: stalk; 2: middle; 3: tip. Sn: sweetness. (For interpretation of the references to color in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the Web version of this article.)