Figure 1

Sub-epidermal tissue from fruits from the 3 treatments. Photographs taken after 8 days of being harvested. The sub-epidermal tissue of banana fruits from the three different treatments: A) control fruits from plants treated with distilled water during the preharvest stage and kept at 23°C, B) fruits from plants treated with distilled water during the preharvest stage but exposed to 10°C for 6 h and then kept at 23°C, and C) fruits from plants treated during the preharvest stage with 100 mM GB and exposed to 10°C for 6 h and then kept at 23°C.