Evaluación del efecto del ozono sobre las características morfo-químicas del fruto de banano.

Abstract

The present investigation consisted in realize comparisons of diverse samples of banana (Musa acuminata AAA), with the objective of establish if the ozone has an effect or not with the quality and in the characteristics morpho -chemicals of the banana fruit. A total of 80 samples was observed belonging to the Organic Banana with Ozone, Organic Banana without Ozone, at the same time the Conventional Banana with Ozone and Convencional Banana without Ozone. The analysis was made in the Laboratory of Vegetal Physiology of the Facultad De Educación Técnica Para el Desarrollo in the Universidad Católica Santiago de Guayaquil, using the probe T student as statistics technique for comparison of the difference of averages. The results were that the ozone just make a little influence in the banana organic with the length and weight of the pulp, and in the quality the samples are inside of the parameters of the Normas INEN 2801 and Goldenforce Bananas, but the ozone doesn’t make an influence in the quality of the fruit.