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Respiratory Patterns in Fruit of Pineapple, Ananas comosus , Detached at Different Stages of Development
Author(s) -
Dull Gerald G.,
Young Roy E.,
Biale Jacob B.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
physiologia plantarum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.351
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1399-3054
pISSN - 0031-9317
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1967.tb08393.x
Subject(s) - ananas , ripening , postharvest , climacteric , respiration , respiration rate , horticulture , ethylene , abscission , biology , carbon dioxide , botany , blowing a raspberry , chemistry , ecology , biochemistry , menopause , genetics , catalysis
The postharvest respiratory drifts for six stages of development of pineapple fruit ( Ananas comosus cv. Cayenne) ranging from dry flower to senescence are presented. Based upon these data, pineapple is a non‐climacteric fruit. Pineapple does produce ethylene gas hut when levels ranging from 0.01 to 1000 μl/l were applied to stage 4 fruits (fruit just at the start of ripening) no respiration or chemical changes were induced which could he interpreted as affecting the ripening processes. A decrease in the oxygen concentration (to 2.5 per cent) resulted in a decrease in the respiration rate. An increased carbon dioxide concentration (up to 10 per cent) had not detectable effect on the respiration rate.