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METABOLIC INTEGRITY AND POSTHARVEST HOMEOSTASIS – A BRIEF REVIEW
Author(s) -
ROMANI ROGER J.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of food biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.507
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1745-4514
pISSN - 0145-8884
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-4514.1978.tb00616.x
Subject(s) - homeostasis , climacteric , postharvest , ripening , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , physiology , endocrinology , food science , botany , menopause
ABSTRACT Metabolism in fruit, as in all forms of life, encompasses the maintenance of cellular integrity and responsiveness to stress. It is proposed that this homeostatic tendency may, when combined with improved control (genetic, molecular) of ontogenetic development, provide a basis for prolonged storage life. Homeostasis may also be the underlying cause of increased metabolic activity in ripening tissues as manifested by the respiratory climacteric.