Descriptive Physiology and Biochemistry of the Abnormally Ripening Tomato Fruit (Lycopersicon esculentum) cv. Snowball

YOSEF MIZRAHI; HERBERT C. DOSTAL; JOE H. CHERRY

doi:10.1111/j.1399-3054.1976.tb04010.x

Descriptive Physiology and Biochemistry of the Abnormally Ripening Tomato Fruit (Lycopersicon esculentum) cv. Snowball

YOSEF MIZRAHI, HERBERT C. DOSTAL, JOE H. CHERRY

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The relationships between different parameters of fruit ripening have been studied in tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. cv. Snowball. Chlorophyll degradation, fruit softening, polygalacturonase activity, titratable acids, and the rates of CO₂ and ethylene evolution followed a normal pattern during ripening. However, fruits detached before reaching 100% development did not develop any red color and remained yellow‐white. Some fruits allowed to ripen on the plants developed a pale color with a normal pigment profile as scanned in an aceton/hexan extraction. Ethephon or propylene, applied to fruits, did not change these parameters but hastened the initiation of ripening.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	309-312
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physiologia Plantarum
Volume	38
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-3054.1976.tb04010.x
State	Published - 1 Jan 1976
Externally published	Yes

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