Author:
Wills R. B. H.,Warton M. A.,Mussa D. M. D. N.,Chew L. P.
Abstract
Mature, unripe mango, peach, custard apple, kiwifruit and tomato were stored
at 20˚C in air containing ethylene at <0.005, 0.01, 0.1 1.0 and 10
L/L. The time to ripen of all the climacteric fruits increased linearly
with logarithmic decrease in ethylene concentration over the whole
concentration range examined. Similar observations were also obtained with
kiwifruit and custard apple held at 0 and 14˚C, respectively. However,
the sensitivity of fruits to ethylene varied with banana and kiwifruit >
custard apple and mango > tomato, avocado and peach. Since the ethylene
level around horticultural produce during marketing is always >0.005
L/L, the time climacteric fruit can be held in an unripe condition is
currently less than optimal but intervention to limit ethylene action would
appear to be only warranted for the most sensitive fruits.
Subject
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
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