Chilling injury

Chilling injury can occur both at green and ripe fruits, when exposed to low temperatures, indicatively below 13 °C. The skin of green bananas on the inside may be discoloured. Peeling can reveal this underpeel discoloration visible as brown and black streaks. It leads in the more advanced ripening stage to a dull grey appearance. Symptoms appear especially aftertransfer to higher temperatures: fruits can turn black, have an off-taste and are very sensitive to handling damage.