| PAS_1 |
"Calcium carbide is widely used for artificial ripening of bananas." Maduwanthi, S.D.T. and Marapana, R.A.U.J., 2019. "Induced ripening agents and their effect on fruit quality of banana." International journal of food science, 2019. |
| PAS_2 |
"Most climacteric fruits in India are ripened with industrial grade calcium carbide. Industrial-grade calcium carbide usually contains traces of arsenic and phosphorus, and, thus, use of this chemical for this purpose is illegal in most countries." http://agritech.tnau.ac.in/horticulture/fruit_ripening.pdf (Dated: 14/5/2020) |
| Agro Ecological Zone |
Deccan Plateau , Hot Semi arid ecosubregion (6.1,6.2),Southern plateau and hill region (X),North Eastern Dry Zone (KA-2, KA-3) |
| Other Community Practices |
Lauryl alcohol is preferred to ripen green bananas and treatment with 0.01% by the weight of bananas can change bananas to completely yellow within 48 hours without any loss of palatability. In Sri Lankan traditional practice, bananas are laid in a pit, covered with banana leaves or a sheet cover and smoke, generated from burning of semidried leaves, is directed into the pit. |
| Practice ID |
KNW0010000001129 |
| Reference |
HBN database |
| Annotation ID |
GIAN/GAVL/832 |
| State |
Karnataka |
| PIN Code |
584101 |
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