Abstract: Bananas sealed in Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) bags with determined permeability coefficient were storedat different temperatures (10、15、20、25 and 30℃), and the gaseous concentrations and respiration rate of banana in asteady state were disccussed. The results showed that: (1)The time that the system to reach a steady state was related to thetemperature. The lower the temperature, the longer is the time; (2) Both O2 and CO2 steady concentrations were decreased inresponse to decreasing temperature and could be described by the curve equation; (3)The temperature effects on both O2 uptakerate and CO2 production rate could be described using Arrhenius’ equation; (4)The effect of temperature on the respiration ratewas higher than effect of the gas permeability coefficient of the film.

Key words: temperature, modified atmosphere packaging(MAP), gaseous concentrations, banana, respiration rate