Banana treatments

Abstract

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.

What is claimed is: 
     
         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.