Causes of banana water rot and its preventive measures

June to August every year is the high temperature and rainy season, and it is also the high incidence season of banana water rot, which is often unable to sell bananas normally after water rot, which is a huge loss to growers and wholesalers. So what is the cause of banana water rot? How to prevent it? Let's take a look.

First, the cause of rotten water

1. Improper fertilizer and water

Improper management of fertilizer and water during banana planting leads to banana peel mixing, which is very easy to cause water rot; improper field management, banana disease; harvest time is not good, banana is overripe, and it is easy to rot in storage and transportation. or harvesting in rainy and foggy days, there will also be water rot. Generally speaking, it is common in the banana industry that a lot of manpower and material resources are concentrated in the front end, and the late harvest, packaging, preservation and logistics are relatively hasty, which can easily lead to banana water rot.

2. Improper cleaning

After the banana is harvested, it should be washed and soaked, and a fresh-keeping fungicide should be applied to ensure that it remains fresh during transportation, but if the water is not blown dry, a lot of moisture will be left in the box, coupled with the economic losses caused in the process of transportation. it is extremely prone to water rot.

II. Preventive measures

1. When planting

Preventive measures should be taken during the rainy season when planting, timely drainage should be taken to avoid soaking bananas, and fruit growers should not be too greedy for yield, so that bananas are overfertilized. generally, bananas are best shipped when 6-7 is ready, and the application of nitrogen fertilizer should be controlled during banana growth. fertilization should not be carried out before harvest.

2. Harvest

Operations such as banana harvesting, banana loading and banana washing should be planned and standardized to avoid unnecessary losses. Bacteria can be given the opportunity to drain after soaking in antistaling agent, so as to reduce the content of water vapor in the box and reduce the incidence of water rot. The harvest time is finally chosen in sunny or rain-free weather.

3. Transportation

Transportation is to pay attention to high temperature weather, try to avoid exposure to strong light for a long time, transport as far as possible to choose cold chain transport, transport time should not be too long.

3. Sales

After arriving at the transportation place, put it into the cold storage as soon as possible, at the same time, control the storage time and the gas content in the cold storage, keep the banana fresh as much as possible, sell as soon as possible, and reduce the mechanical loss in the process of transportation.

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