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| Stage of fruit ripening mediated by the hormone ethylene resulting in increased respiration. Refers to fruits that ripen AFTER harvest. |
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| Ripening before harvest. Does not involve ethylene production. |
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| Old age, again beyond maturation, potentially mediated by gene expression |
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| natural plant hormone that increases with ripening of fruit. Bruising of fruit releases ethylene. |
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| What happens when Ca++ and Mg++ are removed from cell walls? |
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| They soften as they are no longer bound to hemicellulose |
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In ripe fruits
Protopectin --Ripening--> Pectin --Overripening--> Pectic Acid |
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