OXYGEN ABSORPTION AND ETHYLENE PRODUCTION BY DEVELOPING CRANBERRY FRUIT

Fruit Respiration and Ethylene Production.

Blueberry and cranberry fruit composition during development1

Compositional changes that occur during fruit development affect both the organoleptic and nutritional quality of small fruit. Compositional changes in blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L) and cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton) fruit were determined at 3 maturities (white, turning and fully colored) during 2 seasons by analyzing sugar, acid, total phenolic, and total anthocyanin composition,...

Inhibitor-resistant early ethylene production during tomato fruit development

In addition to the ethylene formed at the onset of tomato fruit ripening, three peaks of ethylene are produced during earlier periods of in vitro development of tomato flower to fruit. This is the first report characterizing ethylene production during early development of tomato fruit. Previous reports from this laboratory showed that VFNT Cherry tomato calyces are transformed into fruit tissue...

Ethylene production by growing and senescing pear fruit cell suspensions in response to gibberellin.

A pear (Pyrus communis L. cv Passe Crassane) cell suspension was used as a model system to study the influence of gibberellin on processes related to fruit ripening. Growth of the cell cultures was inhibited and their loss of viability was accelerated when 0.5 millimolar gibberllic acid (GA(3)) was added to suspensions at two stages of cell development, namely, growth and quiescence. Cell respi...

Effects of Wounding on Respiration and Ethylene Production by Cantaloupe Fruit Tissue.

Despite the difficulty of evaluating the effects of handling and wounding, tissue slices offer a(lvantages for physiological or biochemical tests where small quantities of uniform tissues are required. This paper provides information on behavior of tissue slices from cantaloupe fruits, including the changes induced by wounding. Respiration, ethylene production, and the effect of applied ethylen...