
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Klieber, A. 
A1  - Muchui, M. N. 
T1  - Preference of banana flavour and aroma are not affected by time of the year or 'winter' chilling
JF  - Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
JO  - Aust. J. Exp. Agric.
Y1  - 2002
VL  - 42
IS  - 2
SP  - 201
EP  - 205
KW  - season, chemical nose.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/EA00165 
N2  - Banana (Musa acuminata Coll. Cavendish cv. Williams) eating quality was assessed through winter, spring and summer, and for mildly chilled bananas with symptoms mimicking that of &#8216;winter-chilled&#8217; fruit using sensory testing and principal component analysis of mass-spectrometric data obtained from a &#8216;chemical nose&#8217;. Sensory testing of bananas harvested at different times of the year showed no differences in flavour preference, even though soluble solids were higher in spring at 23.6%, compared with winter at 22.6% and summer at 21.9%. Principal component analysis of mass-spectrometric data did not reveal aroma differences between times of the year. Results of difference tests for mildly chilled and non-chilled bananas indicated no differences in aroma intensity or sweetness. Mild chilling did not alter soluble solids and principal component analysis of mass-spectrometric data did not discriminate between chilled and non-chilled bananas. 
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